Byzantine Commentaries on Aristotle's ›Rhetoric‹: Anonymous and Stephanus, ›In Artem Rhetoricam Commentaria‹

Melpomeni Vogiatzi

Published by De Gruyter 2019

Byzantine Commentaries on Aristotle's ›Rhetoric‹

Anonymous and Stephanus, ›In Artem Rhetoricam Commentaria‹

Melpomeni Vogiatzi

Volume 8 in the series Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110630695

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Anonymous’ and Stephanus’ commentaries, written in the 12th century AD, are the first surviving commentaries on Aristotle’s Rhetoric. Their study, including the environment in which they were written and the philosophical ideas expressed in them, provides a better understanding of the reception of Aristotle’s Rhetoric in Byzantium, the Byzantine practice of commenting on classical texts, and what can be called “Byzantine philosophy”. For the first time, this book explores the context of production of the commentaries, discusses the identity and features of their authors, and reveals their philosophical and philological significance. In particular, I examine the main topics discussed by Aristotle in the Rhetoric as contributing to persuasion, namely valid and fallacious rhetorical arguments, ethical notions, emotional response and style, and I analyse the commentators’ interpretations of these topics. In this analysis, I focus on highlighting the value of the philosophical views expressed, and on creating a discussion between the Byzantine and the modern interpretations of the treatise. Conclusively, the two commentators need to be considered as independent thinkers, who aimed primarily at integrating the treatise within the Aristotelian philosophical system.

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Melpomeni Vogiatzi, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.

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1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Rhetorical Arguments in the Commentaries to the Rhetoric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Topoi of Fallacious Arguments in the Commentaries on Rhetoric II.24 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
4. Ethical Definitions in the Commentaries to the Rhetoric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
5. Emotions in the Commentaries to the Rhetoric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
6. The Account of Style in the Commentaries on Rhetoric III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy and its reception
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 268
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- Tables: 4
Keywords: Byzantine Philosophy; Byzantine Rhetoric; Aristotle's Rhetoric in Byzantium

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Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9783110630695

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Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9783110626759