Rhetoric And On Poetics
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Book: Excellent
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Two of the most enduring and transformative works in the history of Western thought, Rhetoric and On Poetics presents Aristotle's masterful codification of persuasion and artistic expression — treatises so foundational that their influence reverberates through every courtroom argument, literary critique, and political speech made in the millennia since their composition. In Rhetoric, Aristotle systematically details the art of persuasion, dissecting its three pillars — ethos, pathos, and logos — and instructs the reader on how language can be wielded to move minds and shape opinion. In On Poetics, he chronicles the nature of tragedy, comedy, and epic poetry, arguing with characteristic precision that great art achieves its power through imitation, structure, and the cathartic release of emotion. Aristotle's prose is analytical yet illuminating, stripping away the mystique of artistic genius and oratorical power to reveal the underlying architecture of human communication and creativity. These texts represent the bedrock of Western rhetoric and literary theory, having shaped thinkers from Cicero and Quintilian to Renaissance dramatists and modern-day storytellers. Together, they stand as an unparalleled intellectual inheritance — one that raises the enduring question: if Aristotle identified the precise mechanics of how we think, speak, and create, what does it mean to still be bound by rules conceived over two thousand years ago?
Author: Aristotle
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Excellent
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Two of the most enduring and transformative works in the history of Western thought, Rhetoric and On Poetics presents Aristotle's masterful codification of persuasion and artistic expression — treatises so foundational that their influence reverberates through every courtroom argument, literary critique, and political speech made in the millennia since their composition. In Rhetoric, Aristotle systematically details the art of persuasion, dissecting its three pillars — ethos, pathos, and logos — and instructs the reader on how language can be wielded to move minds and shape opinion. In On Poetics, he chronicles the nature of tragedy, comedy, and epic poetry, arguing with characteristic precision that great art achieves its power through imitation, structure, and the cathartic release of emotion. Aristotle's prose is analytical yet illuminating, stripping away the mystique of artistic genius and oratorical power to reveal the underlying architecture of human communication and creativity. These texts represent the bedrock of Western rhetoric and literary theory, having shaped thinkers from Cicero and Quintilian to Renaissance dramatists and modern-day storytellers. Together, they stand as an unparalleled intellectual inheritance — one that raises the enduring question: if Aristotle identified the precise mechanics of how we think, speak, and create, what does it mean to still be bound by rules conceived over two thousand years ago?