Seduction, Sophistry, and the Woman with the Rhetorical Figure

(Part of the Rhetorical Philosophy & Theory Series)

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The rhetorical tradition, Michelle Ballif asserts, is based on the systematic exclusion of sophistry. In keeping with Aristotle's prescription, rhetoric continues to be a counterpart to dialectic, a handmaiden to the pursuit of truth--even if that truth is merely probable.

According to Ballif, this search for truth manifests itself among current rhetoric and composition scholars in the form of an assumption that language is primarily...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0809323338

ISBN13:9780809323333

Release Date:January 2000

Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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Seduction, Sophistry, and the Woman with the Rhetorical Figure

(Part of the Rhetorical Philosophy & Theory Series)

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