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Rhetoric and irony : western literacy and western lies / C. Jan Swearingen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swearingen, C. Jan, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Civilization, Western--Classical influences.
- Civilization, Western.
- Rhetoric--Philosophy.
- Rhetoric.
- Literacy--Philosophy.
- Literacy.
- Dialectic.
- Logos (Philosophy).
- Irony.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (340 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study synthesizes existing arguments about the perception of dialogue, writing and language in the ancient world. It examines specifically the work of four key figures: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Augustine.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Proem; 1. Before Being or Not-Being Was: Logos and Logic Among the Preplatonics; 2. Rhetor and Eiron: Plato's Defense of Dialogue; 3. Aristotle: A Logic of Terms, a Rhetoric of Motives; 4. Cicero: Defining the Value of Literacy; 5. When the Rhetor Lies: Augustine's Critique of Mendacity; 6. Inscriptions of Self and the Erasure of Truth; Epi Dia Logos; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1991.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773156-2
- 1-280-52484-7
- 0-19-536250-0
- OCLC:
- 476011693
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