Creative Eloquence
Author | : Ingo Gildenhard |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199291557 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199291551 |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Creative Eloquence by : Ingo Gildenhard
Download or read book Creative Eloquence written by Ingo Gildenhard and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the orations of the Roman statesman Cicero. Ingo Gildenhard does not treat them simply as models of eloquence, as previous critics have done, but as repositories for Cicero's most profound thinking on perennial questions as the ethics of happiness, the notion of conscience, and the problem of divine justice.