Whales

By Lesley A. DuTemple

Book Overview

A careful analysis of the rhetorical thought of Ren? Descartes and of a distinguished group of post-Cartesians. Covering a unique range of authors, including Bernard Lamy and Nicolas Malebranche, Carr attacks the idea, which has become commonplace in contemporary criticism, that the Cartesian system is incompatible with rhetoric. Carr analyzes the writings of Balzac, the Port-Royalists Arnauld and Nicole, Malebranche, and Lamy, exploring the evolution of Descartes' thought into their different theories of rhetoric. He constructs his arguments, probing each author's writings on rhetoric, persuasion, and attention, to demonstrate the basis for rhetorical thought present in Descartes' theory of persuasion when it is combined with his psychophysiology of attention.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822530082
• ISBN13: 9780822530084
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Lerner Publications
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 7 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3

Customer Reviews

Let's Protect Our Whales

This Early Bird Nature Book on Whales is excellent. I am a teacher and was planning on doing a unit on whales for my reading classes. I read this book and I knew I had to use this book as one of the resources for this unit. The vocabulary at the front to introduce new words makes my job easier. The Glossary makes it so the students can look them up. The maps and pictures are well-done. The chapers are short and focus on important information. There are some wonderful colored photographs. This is a great book for the young reader. There are notes in the back for adults to provide enrichment.