The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-7-2012
Abstract
There is a well-known question about Aristotle's view of rhetoric: on the one hand he inherited the typical Platonic disdain for rhetoric as a concealer of truth; but on the other he throws himself with verve into the elaboration of a rhetorical manual. This paper points up a little-noticed Aristotelian justification for rhetoric, one that sees rhetorical contests as means for discovering the truth; it asks how such an optimistic view might be grounded.
Recommended Citation
Thorp, John, "Aristotle's Rhetorodicy" (2012). The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter. 459.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/sagp/459
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Notes
John Thorp presented “Aristotle’s Rhetorodicy” to the Society at its meeting with the American Philological Association in Philadelphia in 2012.
For information about the author see: http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/thorp.html