The Birth of Rhetoric

Gorgias, Plato and their Successors

Robert Wardy

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English

Routledge
12 March 1998

Philosophy of language; Semantics; Classical history & classical civilisation; Philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Series: Issues in Ancient Philosophy

This study examines Gorgias' radical alternative to the philosophical view of the use and abuse of language. In the sequel it investigates Plato's counterblast and further crucial episodes in the later history of the controversy. Since the issue of gender is from the outset inextricably

bound up with the quarrel between rhetoric and philosophy, the book concludes with a description of the connections between the fight over persuasive power and recent feminist debate.

By: Robert Wardy
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780415146432
ISBN 10: 0415146437
Series: Issues in Ancient Philosophy
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 12 March 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

INTRODUCTION 1 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: GORGIAS’ ON WHAT IS NOT 2 IN PRAISE OF FALLEN WOMEN: GORGIAS’ ENCOMIUM OF HELEN 3 IN DEFENCE OF REASON: PLATO’S GORGIAS 4 AFTERLIVES 5 ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC: MIGHTY IS THE TRUTH AND IT SHALL PREVAIL? EPILOGUE: DOES PHILOSOPHY HAVE A GENDER?

Reviews for The Birth of Rhetoric: Gorgias, Plato and their Successors

`Wardy gives Gorgias a new hearing. The book addresses and is accessible to, anyone interested in philosophy, literature, and the history of either.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement 'Wardy's book, descended from an interdisciplinary course on rhetoric, represents a sophisticated version of the now familiar challenge to simplistic assumptions about the godlike superiority of philosophical over other forms of discourse.' - Christopher Rowe, Phronesis