Rhetoric and Philosophy in the Age of Second Sophistic: Real Conflict or Fight for Controversy?

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Result on the web

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/133963" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/133963</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Rhetoric and Philosophy in the Age of Second Sophistic: Real Conflict or Fight for Controversy?

Original language description

The tension between the two dominant educational disciplines, rhetoric and philosophy, has been a phenomenon of much relevancy in ancient literature ever since the time of Plato. The question of the problematic relationship between the two professions inthe era of so-called Second Sophistic has received much scholarly attention recently. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate that no strict line exists anymore between rhetoric and philosophy of this era. This opinion is supported by the evidence from the works of Roman representatives of the Second Sophistic movement - Apuleius, Aulus Gellius and Marcus Cornelius Fronto. These suggest that if there actually is any sign of antagonism present between the two disciplines, it is highly artificial and motivated primarily by the need to provoke a reaction since any kind of controversy was crucial to the self-presentation of anyone who pursues a career in rhetoric or philosophy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Graeco-Latina Brunensia

ISSN

1803-7402

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

19-32

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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