The problem of persuasion in Augustine of Hippo

Verifiche: Rivista Trimestrale di Scienze Umane 16 (1):3-27 (1987)
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A study on the nature of persuasive discourse in St. Augustine's philosophy, aiming at showing that in Augustine's thought an argumentation finalized to be effective must be truth-oriented. In this sense (dating back to Aristotle) a true persuasion, or to say better rhetoric, is completely different from sophistic, which is finalized to persuade without any search for truth.

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Maurizio Manzin
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