Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index.
Contents:
The Republic: Plato's democratic epic -- The elenchic victory and the failure of persuasion -- Glaucon's request for a persuasive argument -- Confronting obstacles to persuasion -- The limits of persuasion: the residual force of culture and the unruliness of desire -- The argument for philosophy -- A rhetorical account of philosophy -- Compelling a philosopher -- A genuinely persuasive defense of justice? -- The rhetorical office of poetry -- Philosophical rhetoric.
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