The politics of eloquence : David Hume's polite rhetoric /
Drawing on Hume's philosophical, historical, and popular writings, The Politics of Eloquence presents an understanding of rhetoric that can be properly ascribed to this important thinker, an understanding hitherto overlooked in the scholarly literature.
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| Language: | English |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
2012
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Hume's Political Project
- Hume on Rhetoric and Persuasion
- Hume's Conception of Politeness
- Polite in His own Way (Hume and the Scots)
- Resuscitating the Passionate Eloquence of the Ancients
- Rhetoric and the Public Sphere
- Toward a Politics of Eloquence.
