The Rhetoric of Plato’s Republic
Democracy and the Philosophical Problem of Persuasion
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Acknowledgments
1. The Republic: Plato’s Democratic Epic
2. The Elenchic Victory and the Failure of Persuasion
3. Glaucon’s Request for a Persuasive Argument
4. Confronting Obstacles to Persuasion
5. The Limits of Persuasion: The Residual Force of Culture and the Unruliness of Desire
6. The Argument for Philosophy
7. A Rhetorical Account of Philosophy
8. Compelling a Philosopher
9. A Genuinely Persuasive Defense of Justice?
10. The Rhetorical Office of Poetry
11. Philosophical Rhetoric
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Philosophy: History and Classic Works | Logic and Philosophy of Language | Political Philosophy
Political Science: Political and Social Theory
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