Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. 1. The Republic: Plato’s Democratic Epic 1
6. 2. The Elenchic Victory and the Failure of Persuasion 24
7. 3. Glaucon’s Request for a Persuasive Argument 46
8. 4. Confronting Obstacles to Persuasion 65
9. 5. The Limits of Persuasion: The Residual Force of Culture and the Unruliness of Desire 88
10. 6. The Argument for Philosophy 109
11. 7. A Rhetorical Account of Philosophy 131
12. 8. Compelling a Philosopher 147
13. 9. A Genuinely Persuasive Defense of Justice? 162
14. 10. The Rhetorical Office of Poetry 185
15. 11. Philosophical Rhetoric 208
16. Notes 227
17. Works Cited 241
18. Index 245