Charity, obscurity, clarity: Augustine's search for a true rhetoric

David Tracy analyzes each of the four books of De Doctrina Christiana and examines how they are tied together, even though Augustine's text was written in two parts. He argues that DDC is significant as a work of rhetorical inventio, rather than a work of conversion, which he asserts is the case wit...

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Author:David W. Tracy
Published: S.n., s.l., 2008
Pages:267-287
Language:English
Notes:Originally published in: Morphologies of faith, eds. M. Gerhart and A.C. Yu (Atlanta, GA: Scolar Press, 1990), ???; et dans: Rhetoric and hermeneutics in our time: a reader, eds. W. Jost and M.J. Hyde (Yale Univ. Press, 1997), ???.
Format:Chapter
Topic:- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic > Christian rhetoric
- Works > Doctrinal works > De doctrina christiana > Topics > Res - Signum
- Works > Doctrinal works > De doctrina christiana > Topics > Rhetoric
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Signes. La parole] > Sign > [Signum / res]
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Signes. La parole] > [Parole/langage/langue] > [Signe linguistique]
Parent Work: The Rhetoric of St. Augustine of Hippo
Status:Needs Review