Kalas 2000

From Whiki
Revision as of 23:06, 16 November 2010 by Wtrettien (talk | contribs) (Created page with ':"The relation of rhetoric to logic tends to be characterized in aesthetic terms as a distinction between style and substance: between ornamental flourish and sublime idea. I pro…')
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
"The relation of rhetoric to logic tends to be characterized in aesthetic terms as a distinction between style and substance: between ornamental flourish and sublime idea. I propose that there is also evidence, in sixteenth-century theories of language, to see rhetoric as the worldly artifice or material crafting of a natural and enduring logical ideal." (243)