Ars topica: the classical technique of constructing arguments from Aristotle to Cicero

Ars Topica is the first full-length study of the nature and development of topoi, the conceptual ancestors of modern argument schemes, between Aristotle and Cicero. Aristotle and Cicero configured topoi in a way that influenced the subsequent tradition. Their work on the topos-system grew out of an interest increating a theory of argumentation which could stand between the rigour of formal logic and the emotive potential of rhetoric. This system went through a series of developments and transformations resulting from the interplay betweenthe separate aims of gaining rhetorical effectiveness and of maintaining dialectical standards. Ars Topica presents a comprehensive treatment of Aristotle’s and Cicero’s methods of topoi and, by exploring their relationship, it illuminates an area of ancient rhetoric and logic which has been obscured for more than two thousand years. Provides answers to much discussed issues about Cicero’s and Aristotle’s work on topoi Explores on a philological/conceptual basis the relationship between Aristotle’s and Cicero’s work on topoi Offers a historical perspective on topoi, with an attention for its utility for modern argumentation theory INDICE: Preface.- Introduction: Topoi in their argumentative context; David S. Levene.- Part I The creation of the method of the method of topoi and itscharacteristics.- 1. Aristotle's Topics.- 2. Dialectical and rhetorical uses of topoi.- Part II Topoi and loci.- 3. Cicero's use of locus in De Inventione.- 4. Cicero's list of Aristotelian loci.- Summary.- References.- Index of Concepts.- Index of Quotations.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9548-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 162
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés