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Jamie Dow presents an original treatment of Aristotle's views on rhetoric and the passions, and the first major study of Aristotle's Rhetoric in recent years. He attributes to Aristotle a normative view of rhetoric and its role in the state, and...
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Jamie Dow presents an original treatment of Aristotle's views on rhetoric and the passions, and the first major study of Aristotle's Rhetoric in recent years. He attributes to Aristotle a normative view of rhetoric and its role in the state, and ascribes to him a particular view of the kinds of cognitions involved in the passions. Cover -- Passions and Persuasion in Aristotle´s Rhetoric -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Principal Claims of the Book -- The Significance of the Conclusions -- Synopsis -- Part: 1 -- 1: Rhetoric and the State-Aristotle and His Predecessors -- 1.1 The Background to Aristotle´s Rhetoric on Rhetoric -- 1.2 Gorgias, Thrasymachus, and the Handbook Writers -- 1.3 Plato -- 2: Proof-reading Aristotle´s Rhetoric -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Aristotle´s Arguments in Rhetoric 1.1 -- 2.3 Rhetoric 1.1, 1354a11-18 -- 2.3.1 Argument (i) -- 2.3.2 Argument (ii) -- 2.3.3 The nature of rhetoric and the sense of πστiota between 1.1 and the rest of the Rhetoric -- 2.3.4 Aristotle´s overall characterization of rhetoric -- 2.4 Aristotle´s Theory of Proof (1355a3-18) -- 2.4.1 A theory of pistis: what constitutes proper grounds for conviction? -- 2.4.2 Proposed characterization of Aristotelian pistis: -- 2.5 Rhetorical, Dialectical Expertise, and the Nature of Pisteis: 1355a3-14 -- 2.6 Apparent Enthymemes -- 2.7 The Proposed Characterization of Pistis and the Use of Premises Not Believed By the Speaker -- 2.8 Conclusion -- 3: Rhetoric and the State -- 3.1 Aristotle´s Justification of his Proof-centred View of Rhetoric -- 3.2 A Sketch of Aristotle´s View of the Relationship between Rhetorical Expertise and the Proper Functioning of the State -- 3.3 Rhetoric´s Purpose and the Justification of Aristotle´s Proof-centred View -- 3.3.1 The Areopagus Argument -- 3.3.2 The Carpenter´s Rule simile (1354a24-6) -- 3.3.3 The brief argument from the speaker´s role: 1354a26-31 -- 3.3.4 Aristotle´s conclusion (1354b16-22) -- 3.4 Conclusion: the Implications of Rhetoric´s Political Function -- 4: Aristotle against His Rivals -- 4.1 Comparing Aristotle, Plato, and Gorgias and Thrasymachus on Rhetoric -- 4.2 Aristotle and Plato´s Gorgias.
