On Rhetoric A Theory of Civic Discourse

by Aristotle; Kennedy, George A.

• ISBN13: 9780195305081
• ISBN10: 0195305086
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

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