Rhetoric

Name: Rhetoric
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Aristotle
ISBN: 9781911065227

Author: Aristotle

Narrator: James Harrington

Unabridged: 6 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 05/29/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Political Philosophy

Synopsis

A timeless guide to the principles of effective communication and argumentation. This influential treatise dissects the components of persuasive speech, examining ethos, pathos, and logos, and offering invaluable insights into human psychology and the power of language. Perfect for students, orators, and anyone interested in mastering the craft of rhetoric, this classic work remains an essential text in the study of communication and influence.

About Aristotle

Aristotle (384-322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, and a tutor to Alexander the Great. His writings, on such diverse subjects as rhetoric, logic, politics, ethics, biology, physics, and poetry, comprise some of the foundations of Western philosophy. He wrote as many as 200 treatises during his lifetime, of which only 31 survive. Of these, Aristotle's best-known works include Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Eudemian Ethics, Politics, and On the Soul.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

Not Aristotle's clearest or best organized work, but still part of the core curriculum of a liberal education. Why read Aristotle today? Because he is one of the greatest minds in Western history, and such a person's well-considered thoughts are inherently worth reading, if anything is. In addition, t......more

Goodreads review by Jesse

I'm sure it's excellent, necessary, brilliantly designed, etc. But so is a sewer system, and you don't want to spend too much time there either.......more

Goodreads review by Alp

Aristoteles'in Platon'un "Gorgias"da bahsettiği Retorik kavramını bir üst seviyeye taşıdığı eseri "The Art of Rhetoric / Retorik", insani tutumlara dair mükemmele yakın tanımlamarıyla adeta bir hayat sözlüğü niteliğinde. Kıskançlık, kibir, gurur, hırs, yaşlılık, gençlik gibi bir sürü kavramın açıkla......more