Plato isn’t exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts P

Marina McCoy explores Plato's treatment of the rhetoric of philosophers and sophists.

This book demonstrates the complex unity of Plato's Gorgias, showing how seemingly disparate themes are woven together.

J. Kastely makes the case for Plato’s Republic as a self-consciously rhetorical work exploring a fundamental problem for philosophy. He argues that the Republ

It is an excellent book – highly intelligent, interesting and original. Expressing high philosophy in a readable form without trivialising it is a very diffic