Agostino letterato

la parola che dimostra, la parola che persuade

The relationship between rhetoric and philosophy (dialectic) in Augustine's cultural itinerary never appears as a real conflict that eliminates the one or the other of the two components, but only as an alternate prevalence of the one over the other. The incidence of such a relationship passes into...

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Author:Luigi Franco Pizzolato
Published: S.n., s.l., 2006
Volume:4
Pages:599-612
Language:Italian
Periodical:Auctores nostri. Studi e Testi di Letteratura cristiana antica
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic
- Works > Doctrinal works > De doctrina christiana > Topics > Lecture / Rhetoric
- Works > Doctrinal works > De doctrina christiana > Topics > Wisdom / Rhetoric
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Summary:The relationship between rhetoric and philosophy (dialectic) in Augustine's cultural itinerary never appears as a real conflict that eliminates the one or the other of the two components, but only as an alternate prevalence of the one over the other. The incidence of such a relationship passes into Augustine's artistic consciousness (poetics) and into his style according to the different moments and genres of his literary production.