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Plato on the rhetoric of philosophers and sophists / Marina McCoy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCoy, Marina, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plato.
- Rhetoric.
- Philosophers.
- Sophists (Greek philosophy).
- Gorgias.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 212 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- In this book, Marina McCoy explores Plato's treatment of the rhetoric of philosophers and sophists.
- Contents:
- Elements of Gorgianic rhetoric and the forensic genre in Plato's Apology
- The rhetoric of socratic questioning in the Protagoras
- The competition between philosophy and rhetoric in the Gorgias
- The dialectical development of the philosopher and sophist in the Republic
- Philosophers, sophists, and strangers in the Sophist
- Love and rhetoric in Plato's Phaedrus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521878630
- 0521878632
- OCLC:
- 85444159
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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