Descartes and the Resilience of Rhetoric : Varieties of Cartesian Rhetorical Theory.
A careful analysis of the rhetorical thought of René Descartes and of a distinguished group of post-Cartesians. Covering a unique range of authors, including Bernard Lamy and Nicolas Malebranche, Carr attacks the idea, which has become commonplace in contemporary criticism, that the Cartesian syste...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Descartes and Guez de Balzac: Human Eloquence Spurned; 3. Descartes' Rhetoric of Generosity; 4. Port-Royal and Eloquence: Rhetoric at the Margins; 5. Malebranche's Rhetoric of the Incarnation; 6. Lamy's Science of Persuasion; 7. Conclusion: Attention and Cartesian Rhetoric; Notes; References; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover.