Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

by Adam Smith

Book Overview

The "Notes of Dr. Smith's Rhetorick Lectures," discovered in 1958 by a University of Aberdeen professor, consists of lecture notes taken by two of Smith's students at the University of Glasgow in 1762-1763. There are thirty lectures in the collection, all on rhetoric and the different kinds or characteristics of style.

The book is divided into "an examination of the several ways of communicating our thoughts by speech" and "an attention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865970521
• ISBN13: 9780865970526
• Release Date: August 1985
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5

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This is a great book to ponder through. Great for University students to broaden their horizon.