Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle

by Ekaterina V. Haskins

Book Overview

A provocative reconsideration of two competing classical approaches to discourse, politics, and education

As one of the founding philosophers of the Western tradition, Aristotle raised many of the issues that still animate scholarly debates in the humanities. By contrast Isocrates, despite his considerable reputation in antiquity and the Renaissance as an educator, became a marginal figure in the intellectual history of the West. Logos...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570038732
• ISBN13: 9781570038730
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"