Isbn: 9780428157616 - analecta isocratea (classic reprint) (3 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book explores speeches written by the Greek orator Isocrates (436-338 BCE), a student of Socrates, whose significance stems not from his influence on his lifetime but on later generations of orators, as well as philosophers and historians. Unlike his teacher, Isocrates did not engage in public life or politics but established a school of rhetoric to instruct students in the art of persuasive speaking and writing. The writer argues that Isocrates's significance lies in his departure from the oral tradition of rhetoric, which relied heavily on improvisation, and his promotion of written speeches that could be finely crafted and polished. The author suggests that Isocrates's writings were innovative in their focus on the importance of style and form. They were written to be read aloud, not memorized, and circulated as literary texts. Moreover, the author argues that Isocrates's emphases on structure, transitions, and logical progression of ideas transformed the practice of writing speeches, introducing formal elements that would become conventions of the genre. The author examines Isocrates's approach to rhetoric and his contributions to public discourse through a close reading of his speeches. This book will be of great interest to scholars of rhetoric, ancient history, and anyone interested in the development of written discourse and public speaking. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…