the classical technique of constructing arguments from Aristotle to Cicero /
Sara Rubinelli, introduction by David S. Levene
Dordrecht :
Springer,
c2009
1 online resource
Argumentation library ;
v. 15
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Aristotle's Topics; Dialectical and Rhetorical Uses of Topoi; Cicero's Use of Locus in De Inventione; Cicero's List of Aristotelian Loci
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Offers a study of the nature of topoi, the conceptual ancestors of modern argument schemes, between Aristotle and Cicero. This title presents a treatment of Aristotle's and Cicero's methods of topoi and, by exploring their relationship, it illuminates an area of ancient rhetoric and logic which has been obscured for more than 2000 years
Offers a study of the nature of topoi, the conceptual ancestors of modern argument schemes, between Aristotle and Cicero. This title presents a treatment of Aristotle's and Cicero's methods of topoi and, by exploring their relationship, it illuminates an area of ancient rhetoric and logic which has been obscured for more than 2000 years