On Rhetoric A Theory of Civic Discourse

by Aristotle; Kennedy, George A.

• ISBN13: 9780195305098
• ISBN10: 0195305094
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new edition of George A. Kennedy's highly acclaimed translation and commentary offers the most faithful English version ever published of On Rhetoric. Based on careful study of the Greek text and informed by the best modern scholarship, the second edition has been fully revised andupdated. As in the first edition, Kennedy makes the work readily accessible to modern students by providing an insightful general introduction, helpful section introductions, a detailed outline, extensive explanatory notes, and a glossary of Aristotle's rhetorical terms. Striving to convey a senseof Aristotle's distinctive way of thinking, Kennedy preserves the meaning and technical language of the original text, explaining it in detail as opposed to simplifying it as other translations do. Updated and expanded in light of recent scholarship, the second edition features: * A revised introduction with two new sections: "The Strengths and Limitations of On Rhetoric" and "Aristotle's Original Audience and His Audience Today" * A more user-friendly format: running heads now include book and chapter numbers * An updated bibliography * Revised appendices that provide translations of new supplementary texts--Socrates' Critique of Sophistic Rhetoric; Lysias' Speech Against the Grain Dealers; two selections from Isocrates (from Against the Sophists and from the Antidosis); selections from Rhetoric for Alexander; and Demosthenes'Third Philippic--and an extensive revision of George A. Kennedy's essay "The Earliest Rhetorical Handbooks"

Table of Contents

Prooemion	ix
Notes on the Translation	xiv
Introduction	1	(26)
A. Aristotle's Life and Works	1	(6)
B. Rhetoric Before Aristotle	7	(9)
C. Aristotle's Classification of Rhetoric	16	(1)
D. Aristotle's Original Audience and His Audience Today	17	(3)
E. The Strengths and Limitations of On Rhetoric	20	(3)
F. Chapter-by-Chapter Outline of On Rhetoric	23	(4)
BOOK 1: Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public Address	27	(84)
BOOK 2: Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public Address (continued)	111	(82)
BOOK 3: Delivery, Style, and Arrangement	193	(58)
Appendix I: Supplementary Texts	251	(42)
A. Gorgias' Encomium of Helen	251	(5)
B. Socrates' Critique of Sophistic Rhetoric	256	(3)
C. Lysias' Speech Against the Grain Dealers	259	(4)
D. Introduction to Dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3	263	(3)
E. Two Selections from Isocrates	266	(3)
1. From Against the Sophists	266	(1)
2. From Antidosis	267	(2)
F. Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander	269	(6)
G. On Word Choice and Metaphor from Aristotle's Poetics	275	(2)
H. Demosthenes' Third Philippic	277	(16)
Appendix II: Supplementary Essays	293	(20)
A. The Earliest Rhetorical Handbooks	293	(13)
B. The History of the Text After Aristotle	306	(7)
Glossary	313	(8)
Bibliography	321	(10)
Index	331