Persuasion & rhetoric / Carlo Michelstaedter ; translated with an introduction and commentary by Russell Scott Valentino, Cinzia Sarti Blum, and David J. Depew
Part I. On Persuasion -- Persuasion -- The Illusion of Persuasion -- The Way to Persuasion -- Part II. On Rhetoric -- Rhetoric -- The Constitution of Rhetoric -- Rhetoric in Life
Summary
Ostensibly a commentary on Plato and Aristotle's relation to the pre-Socratic philosophers, this text also reflects Michelstaedter's struggle to make sense of modern life
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index
