Orators & Philosophers
Orators & Philosophers

Author: Bruce A. Kimball

Publisher: College Board

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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In this prize-winning book, Bruce Kimball provides a cogent study of the historical evolution of the idea of liberal education. Clearly and forcefully argued, the book portrays this evolution as a struggle between two contending points of view - one oratorical and the other philosophical - that have interacted, often controversially, from antiquity to the present.

An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia
An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia

Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780195127003

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This is the second volume in a projected five-volume work covering the full expanse of Persian philosophical thought from the Zoroastrianism of the pre-Christian era up to the present day. Volume II is devoted entirely to the work of the Isma'ili and Hermetic-Pythagorean philosophers.

Ethics and the Orator
Ethics and the Orator

Author: Gary Remer

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 022643916X

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Prologue: Quintilian and John of Salisbury in the Ciceronian tradition -- Rhetoric, emotional manipulation, and morality: the contemporary relevance of Cicero vis-a-vis Aristotle -- Political morality, conventional morality, and decorum in Cicero -- Rhetoric as a balancing of ends: Cicero and Machiavelli -- Justus Lipsius, morally acceptable deceit, and prudence in the Ciceronian tradition -- The classical orator as political representative: Cicero and the modern concept of representation -- Deliberative democracy and rhetoric: Cicero, oratory, and conversation