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Ancient schools of rhetoric taught students how to devise arguments in legal and political disputes, and how to express them. Many scholars believe that these techniques increasingly lost their practical relevance under the Roman Empire. This detailed reassessment of the history and social significance of rhetoric in late antiquity shows how it was taught, and why the skills it promoted were still believed to have a direct application in the s...

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Reveals how ancient philosophers approached questions about the nature of poetry, its ethical and social impact and access to truth.

Reveals how ancient philosophers approached questions about the nature of poetry, its ethical and social impact and access to truth.

How should I interpret a classical text? However I interpret it, someone else will so do differently, and even the nature of the interpreter's task is a matter of dispute, consensus is not a realistic prospect.