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1. The “Cosmetics” of Sophistry
Seeming and Being in the Gorgias
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface xi
- INTRODUCTION. Literacy, Dramatic Form, Metaphysics 1
- 1. The “Cosmetics” of Sophistry 21
- 2. The Oral Poet and the Literate Sophist 47
- 3. Heraclitean Opposition and Parmenidean Contradiction 77
- 4. Sophistry without Measure, Dialectic without Rhetoric 99
- 5. The Rhetoric of Mimêsis 123
- 6. Imitators of Truth 149
- EPILOGUE. The Past and Future of Plato’s Rhetorical Theory 169
- Notes 175
- Bibliography 205
- Index 225
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface xi
- INTRODUCTION. Literacy, Dramatic Form, Metaphysics 1
- 1. The “Cosmetics” of Sophistry 21
- 2. The Oral Poet and the Literate Sophist 47
- 3. Heraclitean Opposition and Parmenidean Contradiction 77
- 4. Sophistry without Measure, Dialectic without Rhetoric 99
- 5. The Rhetoric of Mimêsis 123
- 6. Imitators of Truth 149
- EPILOGUE. The Past and Future of Plato’s Rhetorical Theory 169
- Notes 175
- Bibliography 205
- Index 225