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Philodemus on Rhetoric Books 1 and 2 - Translation and Exegetical Essays (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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Philodemus on Rhetoric Books 1 and 2 - Translation and Exegetical Essays (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Series: Studies in Classics
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The Epicureans were notorious in antiquity for denigrating most
forms of civic participation and for rejecting those cultural
activities (such as poetry, music, and rhetoric) which are broadly
labelled "paideia." In this, as in all else, they ostensibly took
their cue from Epicurus and the other founders of the School. In
contrast to this, the Epicurean Philodemus, who lived and wrote in
Italy in the first century B.C., presents an interesting case. For
a substantial portion of his surviving work is preoccupied with
investigations into this "paideia" and with demonstrating how an
orthodox Epicurean is to approach them. This book selects one of
those investigations, the first two books of Philodemus' "On
Rhetoric," An annotated translation is provided of the most recent
edition of this text (Longo Auricchio 1977) which is followed by a
series of essays which aim to clarify Philodemus' conception of,
and approach to, the problem of rhetoric for Epicureans, and in
particular the way he manages citations from the works of the
founders to support his arguments against other Epicureans who take
a different view. The book constitutes a very helpful guide to this
fragmentary and difficult text.
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