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Protagoras and Logos - A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Protagoras and Logos - A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication
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Reassesses the philosophical and pedagogical contributions of
Protagoras Protagoras and Logos brings together in a meaningful
synthesis the contributions and rhetoric of the first and most
famous of the Older Sophists, Protagoras of Abdera. Most accounts
of Protagoras rely on the somewhat hostile reports of Plato and
Aristotle. By focusing on Protagoras's own surviving words, this
study corrects many long-standing misinterpretations and presents
significant facts: Protagoras was a first-rate philosophical
thinker who positively influenced the theories of Plato and
Aristotle, and Protagoras pioneered the study of language and was
the first theorist of rhetoric. In addition to illustrating
valuable methods of translating and reading fifth-century B.C.E.
Greek passages, the book marshals evidence for the important
philological conclusion that the Greek word translated as rhetoric
was a coinage by Plato in the early fourth century. In this second
edition, Edward Schiappa reassesses the philosophical and
pedagogical contributions of Protagoras. Schiappa argues that
traditional accounts of Protagoras are hampered by mistaken
assumptions about the Sophists and the teaching of the art of
rhetoric in the fifth century. He shows that, contrary to
tradition, the so-called Older Sophists investigated and taught the
skills of logos, which is closer to modern conceptions of critical
reasoning than of persuasive oratory. Schiappa also offers
interpretations for each of Protagoras's major surviving fragments
and examines Protagoras's contributions to the theory and practice
of Greek education, politics, and philosophy. In a new afterword
Schiappa addresses historiographical issues that have occupied
scholars in rhetorical studies over the past ten years, and
throughout the study he provides references to scholarship from the
last decade that has refined his views on Protagoras and other
Sophists.
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