Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece

by John Poulakos

Book Overview

An introduction to the rhetorical tradition of sophistical dialectics in antiquity

In Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece, John Poulakos offers a new conceptualization of sophistry, explaining its direction and shape as well as the reasons why Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle found it objectionable. Poulakos argues that a proper understanding of sophistical rhetoric requires a grasp of three cultural dynamics of the fifth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570037922
• ISBN13: 9781570037924
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"