Lessing's Theory of Argument and the German Enlightenment
First Statement of Responsibility
by Evelyn K. Moore.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1993
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(xix, 123 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Library of rhetorics, 3.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The Conflict between Philosophy, Rhetoric and Theology --;2. Rhetoric and Theological Argumentation: Lessing on Cardano --;3. Johann Melchior Goeze's Polemic against the Theatre --;4. Lessing contra Goeze: The Case for Rhetoric --;Conclusion --;Notes --;Primary Sources --;Secondary Sources.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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I asked myself why and how this polemical age came to an end and how does the rejection of polemics by the 19th century affect our understanding of the 18th century?