Ebook: Logos und Praxis: Sparta als politisches Exemplum in den Schriften des Isokrates
Author: Blank Thomas
- Genre: Linguistics
- Tags: Isocrates, Isocrates -- Criticism and interpretation, Isocrates -- Political and social views, Greek prose literature -- History and criticism, Sparta (Extinct city) -- Politics and government, Greek prose literature, Political and social views, Politics and government, Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city), HISTORY / Ancient / General
- Series: KLIO / Beihefte. Neue Folge Band 23
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Language: German
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This book explores the contradictory images of the Spartan polis presented in the work of Isocrates. Countering the belief that presentation is always subordinate to rhetorical persuasion, the author shows that Isocrates actually presented different types of argumentation. Isocrates distanced himself from many arguments, calling for a discourse based on morality. His work is a critical commentary on the rhetorical Read more...