The Philosophy of Rhetoric1849. This volume is comprised of a series of essays whose purpose on one hand is to exhibit a tolerable sketch of the human mind; and, aided by the lights which the poet and orator so amply furnish, to disclose its secret movements, tracing its principal channels of perception and action, as near as possible, to their source: and, on the other hand, from the science of human nature, to ascertain, with greater precision, the radical principles of that art, whose object it is, by the use of language, to operate on the soul of the hearer, in the way of informing, convincing, pleasing, moving, or persuading. The Contents are divided into the following three Books: The Nature and Foundations of Eloquence; The Foundations and Essential Properties of Elocution; and The Discriminating Properties of Elocution. |
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... former case , we call pathetic , in the latter , humorous . * It was said that the emotion must be either not violent or not durable . This limitation is necessary , because a passion , extreme in its degree as well as lasting , cannot ...
... former case , we call pathetic , in the latter , humorous . * It was said that the emotion must be either not violent or not durable . This limitation is necessary , because a passion , extreme in its degree as well as lasting , cannot ...
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... former , will appear on the slightest reflection . The former concerns only abstract notions or ideas , particularly in regard to number and extension , the objects purely of the understanding ; the latter con- cerns only the existence ...
... former , will appear on the slightest reflection . The former concerns only abstract notions or ideas , particularly in regard to number and extension , the objects purely of the understanding ; the latter con- cerns only the existence ...
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... former in quantity , or in degrees of quality , the latter in number . Thus we say properly , " We have courage enough , and ammunition enough ; but we have not men enow . " The derivatives , falseness , falsity , falsehood , from the ...
... former in quantity , or in degrees of quality , the latter in number . Thus we say properly , " We have courage enough , and ammunition enough ; but we have not men enow . " The derivatives , falseness , falsity , falsehood , from the ...
Contents
THE NATURE AND FOUNDATIONS OF ELOQUENCE | 11 |
Of Wit Humour and Ridicule | 18 |
The Doctrine of the preceding Chapter defended | 36 |
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