Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific Treatises, the Provinciales, and the Pensées |
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... speak the truth of things in transparent adequation , but it merely posits " truths . " If , however , the rhetorical discourse of the will is incapable of speaking the truth , its power to seduce is unlimited . Rhetoric is per- suasive ...
... speak the truth of things in transparent adequation , but it merely posits " truths . " If , however , the rhetorical discourse of the will is incapable of speaking the truth , its power to seduce is unlimited . Rhetoric is per- suasive ...
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... speak the language of the will and the passions ; the propositions that they enunciate on good and evil are merely the positing of truths that are not simply shown to be false , but more importantly to be merely the illusion of ...
... speak the language of the will and the passions ; the propositions that they enunciate on good and evil are merely the positing of truths that are not simply shown to be false , but more importantly to be merely the illusion of ...
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... speaking , could name such figures based on its own double status : the trope catachresis . In his Rhétorique , Lamy defines catachresis in very traditional terms as the imposi- tion of a name on that which has no proper name.43 This ...
... speaking , could name such figures based on its own double status : the trope catachresis . In his Rhétorique , Lamy defines catachresis in very traditional terms as the imposi- tion of a name on that which has no proper name.43 This ...
Contents
Logic and Rhetoric | 1 |
Natures Visibility | 37 |
Persuasion | 72 |
Copyright | |
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Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific ... Erec R. Koch Limited preview - 1997 |
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Fire in the Dark: Essays on Pascal's Pensées and Provinciales Charles M. Natoli No preview available - 2005 |
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