""revelations of character"": ethos, rhetoric and moral philosophy in montaigne
Auteur :
Noirot-Maguire, Corinne
ISBN :
9781847181671
Date de publication :
1 mai 2007
Dimensions :
21,2 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
599 g
Format :
With dust jacket
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The untranslatable and intriguing notion of ethos (mores, goodness, character, etc.) contrasts in Ancient rhetoric with pathos and logos, the other two pisteis or means of persuasion. Rhetorical ethos is characterized by ambivalence; is it essentially extra- or intra-discursive? an effect of the soul or an effective simulacrum?