Rhetoric as Philosophy: The Humanist Tradition

by Ernesto Grassi

Book Overview

Originally published in English in 1980, Rhetoric as Philosophy has been out of print for some time. The reviews of that English edition attest to the importance of Ernesto Grassi's work.

By going back to the Italian humanist tradition and aspects of earlier Greek and Latin thought, Ernesto Grassi develops a conception of rhetoric as the basis of philosophy. Grassi explores the sense in which the first principles of rational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080932363X
• ISBN13: 9780809323630
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"