St. Augustine's Rhetoric of Silence

Truth vs. Eloquence and Things vs. Signs

"We are concerned here with St. Augustine's attempt to assimilate classical rhetoric to Christian needs and with the profound transformations he made in the doctrine he received. From one point of view, he brought rhetoric back to where Plato had left it in the 'Phaedrus', where eloquence and rhetor...

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VerfasserIn:Joseph Anthony Mazzeo
Veröffentlicht: S.n., s.l., 1962
Volumen:23
Seiten:175-196
Sprache:Englisch
Zeitschrift:Journal of the History of Ideas
Nummer:2
Format:Article
Thema:- Lebensbeschreibung > Verhältnisse und Quellen > [Écrivains profanes latins] > [Auteurs latins profanes (général)] > [Orateurs antiques]
- Einfluss und Überlebung > Das Mittelalter (430-1453) > Einfluss Augustins auf Sprache und Kunst > [Arts littéraires]
- Einfluss und Überlebung > Das Mittelalter (430-1453) > Allgemeine Studien der Überlebensrate Augustins in der griechischen Welt und in den westlichen Gedanken und Schulen > [Survie dans le Moyen Âge occidental (généralités)]
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Zusammenfassung:"We are concerned here with St. Augustine's attempt to assimilate classical rhetoric to Christian needs and with the profound transformations he made in the doctrine he received. From one point of view, he brought rhetoric back to where Plato had left it in the 'Phaedrus', where eloquence and rhetoric are based on truth in contrast to mere show. ... On the other hand, he established or cast into authoritative form, often verbalistic conceptions of allegory, typology, symbolism, and metaphor ..."

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