The Philosophy of Rhetoric

Contents

CONTENTS EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION EDITIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC NOTES TO THE PRESENT EDITION: CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS PREFACE INTRODUCTION BOOK! The Nature and Foundations of Eloquence Eloquence II Of Wit, Humour, and Ridicule III The Doctrine of the preceding Chapter defended IV Of the Relation which Eloquence bears to Logic and to Grammar V Of the different Sources of Evidence and the different Subjects to which they are respectively adapted VI Of the Nature and Use of the scholastic Art of Syllogizing VII Of the Consideration which the Speaker ought to have of the Hearers as Men in general VIII Of the consideration which the Speaker ought to have of the Hearers, as such Men in particular IX Of the consideration which the Speaker ought to have of himself X The different kinds of public speaking in use among the moderns, compared, with a view to their different advantages in respect of eloquence vii liii lvii lxiii xlv 1 8 27 32 35 61 71 95 96 98 VI CONTENTS XI Of the cause of that pleasure which we receive from objects or representations that excite pity and other painful feelings 112 BOOK II The Foundations and Essential Properties of Elocution I The Nature and Characters of the Use which gives Law to Language 139 II The nature and use of Verbal Criticism, with its principal Canons 151 III Of Grammatical·Purity 169 IV Some grammatical doubts in regard to English Construction stated and examined 204 V Of the qualities of Style strictly Rhetorical 214 VI Of Perspicuity 216 VII What is the Cause that Nonsense so often escapes VIII IX being detected, both by the Writer and by the Reader The extensive Usefulness of Perspicuity May there not be an Excess of Perspicuity? BOOK III The Discriminating Properties of Elocution 256 273 283 I Of Vivacity as depending on the choice of Words 285 II Of Vivacity as depending on the number of the Words 333 III Of Vivacity as depending on the arrangement of the Words 353 IV Of the Connectives employed in combining the parts of a Sentence 384 V Of the Connectives employed in combining the Sentences in a Discourse INDEX 403 417 ...