Protagoras and Logos: A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric

Author:   Edward Schiappa ,  Thomas W. Benson
Publisher:   University of South Carolina Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9781570035210


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   31 December 2003
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Edward Schiappa ,  Thomas W. Benson
Publisher:   University of South Carolina Press
Imprint:   University of South Carolina Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9781570035210


ISBN 10:   1570035210
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   31 December 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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"Why a study of Protagoras? -- Interpreting ancient fragments -- Toward an understanding of sophistic theories of rhetoric -- The two-logoi fragment -- The """"stronger and weaker"""" logoi fragment -- The """"human-measure"""" fragment -- The """"impossible to contradict"""" fragment -- Protagoras and fifth-century education -- Protagoras """"versus"""" Plato and Aristotle -- Protagoras' legacy to rhetorical theory."

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Edward Schiappa holds the Paul W. Frenzel Chair of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where he is professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Communication Studies. His other books include Defining Reality: Definitions and the Politics of Meaning and The Beginnings of Rhetorical Theory in Classical Greece. The editor of Warranting Assent: Case Studies in Argument Evaluation and Landmark Essays in Classical Greek Rhetoric, he is the past editor of the journal Argumentation and Advocacy. Schiappa lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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