Single Idea 5945

[catalogued under 19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric]

Full Idea

The 'Republic' is the greatest single achievement of ancient rhetorical theory.

Gist of Idea

The 'Republic' is a great work of rhetorical theory

Source

comment on Plato (The Republic [c.371 BCE]) by Hugh Lawson-Tancred - Plato's Republic and Greek Enlightenment Ch.9

Book Reference

Lawson-Tancred,Hugh: 'Plato's Republic and Greek Enlightenment' [Bristol Classical Press 1998], p.79


A Reaction

A lovely inversion of our normal reading of Plato! Is the real aim of philosophy the making of good speeches? Is the great aim to display the true beauty of the human mind, as the Olympics display the beauty of the body?