Author(s): Aristotle, George A. Kennedy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2007
Contents
Prooemion ix
Notes on the Translation xiv
Introduction 1
A. Aristotle’s Life and Works 1
B. Rhetoric Before Aristotle 7
C. Aristotle’s Classification of Rhetoric 16
D. Aristotle’s Original Audience and His Audience Today 17
E. The Strengths and Limitations of On Rhetoric 20
F. Chapter-by-Chapter Outline of On Rhetoric 23
BOOK 1: Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public
Address 27
BOOK 2: Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public
Address (continued) 111
BOOK 3: Delivery, Style, and Arrangement 193
Appendix I: Supplementary Texts 251
A. Gorgias’ Encomium of Helen 251
B. Socrates’ Critique of Sophistic Rhetoric 256
C. Lysias’ Speech Against the Grain Dealers 259
D. Introduction to Dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1–3 263
E. Two Selections from Isocrates 266
1. From Against the Sophists 266
2. From Antidosis 267
F. Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander 269
G. On Word Choice and Metaphor from Aristotle’s Poetics 275
H. Demosthenes’ Third Philippic 277
Appendix II: Supplementary Essays 293
A. The Earliest Rhetorical Handbooks 293
B. The History of the Text After Aristotle 306
Glossary 313
Bibliography 321
Index 331
