Listening to the Logos: Speech and the Coming of Wisdom in Ancient Greece

(Part of the Studies in Rhetoric & Communication Series)

by Christopher Lyle Johnstone

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An exploration of the role of language arts in forming and expressing wisdom from Homer to Aristotle

In Listening to the Logos, Christopher Lyle Johnstone provides an unprecedented comprehensive account of the relationship between speech and wisdom across almost four centuries of evolving ancient Greek thought and teachings--from the mythopoetic tradition of Homer and Hesiod to Aristotle's treatises.

Johnstone grounds...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1570038546

ISBN13:9781570038549

Release Date:November 2009

Publisher:University of South Carolina Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.0"

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Language Arts Philosophy

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Listening to the Logos: Speech and the Coming of Wisdom in Ancient Greece

(Part of the Studies in Rhetoric & Communication Series)

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