Taming Democracy Models of Political Rhetoric in Classical Athens |
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| Author:
| Yunis, Harvey |
| Series title: | Rhetoric and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-8358-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $43.95 |
Book Description:
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How does one speak to a large, diverse mass of ordinary, sovereign citizens and persuade them to render wise decisions? For Thucydides, Plato, and Demosthenes, who observed classical Athenian democracy in action, this was an urgent question. Harvey Yunis looks at how these three--historian, philosopher, politician respectively--explored the...
How does one speak to a large, diverse mass of ordinary, sovereign citizens and persuade them to render wise decisions? For Thucydides, Plato, and Demosthenes, who observed classical Athenian democracy in action, this was an urgent question. Harvey Yunis looks at how these three--historian, philosopher, politician respectively--explored the...