TH . COLE, The Origins of Rhetoric in Ancient Greece (Ancient Society and History). Baltimore and London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. XIV, 192 pp. Pr. $ 30,-species-accumulation functionsspecies-area relationsbirdsland use impacts...
The curriculum was not standardized across Greece but varied based on the city-state and the preferences of individual families.Rhetoric held particular significance in Athens, as it equipped individuals with the persuasive skills necessary for public speaking and participation in the Athenian Assembly, ...
The Sophists popularized philosophy, moving to the foreground rhetoric (Gorgias) and grammar and stylistics (Prodicus and others). They also speculated on moral laws and political institutions (Hippias, Thrasymachus). The philosophical school named after the Sophists was characterized by eclecticism ...
All I can say is “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu). The Daily Trope is available on Amazon in paperback under the title of The Book of Tropes for $9.95. It is also available in Kindle format for $5.99. Share this:...
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Polyhymnia Song (Rhetoric) Veil Melpomenē Tragedy Tragic Mask, Sword Thalia Comedy (Pastoral Poetry) Comic Mask, Staff Clio History Laurel Crown, Scroll Urania Astronomy Globe Example: Homer addresses an unnamed goddess (θεά, theá) or the Muses (Μοῦσαι, Moûsai -- which gives ...
Also, Apollonius‘ work makes many more forays into areas such as local customs, the origins of cities, etc, reflecting the Hellenistic interest in geography, ethnography, comparative religion, etc. The poetry of Apollonius‘ teacher Callimachus’ abounds in aitia (descriptions of the mythical ...
This combination of philosophical critique and inner experience reveals that, from its very origins in Greece some twenty- five hundred years ago, Western rationalism was fundamentally deluded and nihilistic—based on presuppositions that it could not defend or even fully articulate—and that the ...
Because of social psychology's late development in empirical science, there is a historical disconnect between experimental social psychology and its ancient philosophical counterpart, classical rhetoric. This article demonstrates similarities and differences between Hovland's findings and the theoretical ...
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