The defense of emotions: Gorgias and the rhetorical production of páthe in the Encomium to Helen

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  • Emiliano J. Buis CONICET University of Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17398/1886-9440.11.1

Keywords:

Gorgias, Helen, Emotions, Aristotle, Rhetoric, Law

Abstract

On the basis of a comparison with the rhetorical presentation of patheas means of persuasion in Aristotle’s Rhetoric, this paper intends to shed light on the importance of the construction of emotional effects in the Encomium of Helen. The purpose isto show the way in which Gorgias manages to resort to an efficient argumentative use of affections (and their manipulation) in the judicial arena even before the theoretical attempt by Aristotle

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The defense of emotions: Gorgias and the rhetorical production of páthe in the Encomium to Helen. (2024). Talia Dixit. Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetoric and Historiography, 11, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.17398/1886-9440.11.1 (Original work published 2016)

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