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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Rhetoric -- Philosophy"”.
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Where is Socrates going? : the philosophy of conversion in Plato's "Euthydemus".
This work examines the aim of Socratic philosophy in Plato's Euthydemus. To understand the conflict that occurs in the dialogue between Socrates and his sophistic rivals, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, one must evaluate Socrates' overarching goal and its divergence from sophistry. The author argues, …
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A Rhetoric and Philosophy of Gifts
<p>This project synthesizes a selected scope of rhetorical and philosophical perspectives of the gift. The research question is what the relationship between gifts and rhetoric might be. In order to approach this question, this project offers a review of related literature on the topic of gifts. It …
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A Rhetoric and Philosophy of Interprofessional Healthcare Education: Communication Ethics in Action
… exploration of difference and meaning. A rhetoric and philosophy approach to team building is recommended as a necessary complement to the current educational model.</p>
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A study of the prose style of selected sermons of John Keble
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the prose style of two sermons of John Keble. The two sermons chosen for analysis are "The Duty of Hoping Against Hope," delivered by Keble in 1846 and Sermon L (Russian War), delivered in 1854. The method for analysis is taken from the essay, "A Method of …
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STEPHANOS. NOTES ON ARISTOTLE'S RHETORIC. A CRITICAL EDITION AND TRANSLATION
… Byzantine commentary on Aristotle’s 'Rhetoric' attributed by the manuscripts to a certain Stephanos. Although rhetoric and philosophy occupied a central place in Byzantine education and elite culture, many of the relevant texts remain understudied, unedited, or untranslated, and a …
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Communication in the Ruins: Walker Percy and the Art of Symbolic Mediation
… key events in his life that helped to shape his philosophy of communication. Second, I sketch out some of the primary coordinates in Percy’s thought. Percy’s hermeneutic of the self requires an understanding of the difference between sign and symbol, dyadic and triadic events, environment and …