This is a revaluing of rhetoric in the educational model of the
father of humanistic studies. ""Speaking for the Polis"" considers
Isocrates' educational program from the perspective of rhetorical
theory and explores its relation to sociopolitical practices.
Illumining Isocrates' efforts to reformulate sophistic conceptions
of rhetoric on the basis of the intellectual and political debates
of his times, Takis Poulakos contends that the father of humanistic
studies and rival educator of Plato crafted a version of rhetoric
that gave the art an important new role in the ethical and
political activities of Athens.Poulakos demonstrates how Isocrates
adopted, transformed, and put to new tasks Protagorean and
Gorgianic notions of rhetoric and how he used rhetoric to resolve
tensions between political equality and social inequality. Poulakos
suggests that Isocrates' rhetorical endeavors gained stability
through narratives of values and shared commitments, credence
through seasoned arguments about plausible solutions to political
discord, and weight through the convergence of the speaker's words
and quality of character.
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