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Authors: James L. Kastely
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-25 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Plato isn’t exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts P
Authority Figures
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Authors: Torrey Shanks
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-24 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In Authority Figures, Torrey Shanks uncovers the essential but largely unappreciated place of rhetoric in John Locke’s political and philosophical thought. Lo
Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes
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Pages: 394
Authors: Quentin Skinner
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-02-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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An outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes, one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers.
Saving Persuasion
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Authors: Bryan Garsten
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-31 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In today's increasingly polarized political landscape it seems that fewer and fewer citizens hold out hope of persuading one another. Even among those who have
Aristotle's Rhetoric
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Authors: David J. Furley
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In the field of philosophy, Plato's view of rhetoric as a potentially treacherous craft has long overshadowed Aristotle's view, which focuses on rhetoric as an