Creative eloquence : the construction of reality in Cicero's speeches / by Ingo Gildenhard.
Creative eloquence : the construction of reality in Cicero's speeches / by Ingo Gildenhard.
Creative eloquence : the construction of reality in Cicero's speeches / by Ingo Gildenhard.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N875.01/5
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English
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vii, 454 p ; 24 cm.
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Introduction : Cicero's philosophical oratory -- Anthropology. Introduction : Ethopoiea and anthropopoiesis ; Being human ; Human beings ; The good, the bad, and the in-between ; Mental states -- Sociology. Introduction : imagining community. Definition and the politics of truth ; Laws and justice ;...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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England
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2011.
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"In this ... study of Cicero's orations, Ingo Gildenhard argues that a distinctive hallmark of his oratory is a conceptual creativity that one may loosely characterize as philosophical. It manifests itself in striking and original views on human beings and being human, politics, society and culture, and the sphere of the supernatural. After an intr...
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Creative eloquence : the construction of reality in Cicero's speeches / by Ingo Gildenhard.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [396]-435) and index.
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N875.01/5
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74VvLW6goyJd
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0199291551
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875.01
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991010727019702626
