Renaissance Argument: Valla and Agricola in the Traditions of Rhetoric and Dialectic

410 Pages·1993·17.116 MB·English

by  Peter Mack

BRILL'S STUDIES
IN
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
General Editor
A J. VANDERJAGT, University of Groningen
Editorial Board
M. GOLISH, Oberlin College
J.I. ISRAEL, University College, London
J.D. NORTH, University of Groningen
H.A. OBERMAN, University of Arizona, Tucson
R.H. POPKIN, Washington University, St. Louis-UCLA
VOLUME 43
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RENAISSANCE ARGUMENT
Valla and Agricola in the Traditions of Rhetoric and Dialectic
BY
PETER MACK
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E J. BRILL
LEffiEN · NEW YORK · KÖLN
1993
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Mack, Peter:
Renaissance argument : Valla and Agricola in the traditions of
rhetoric and dialectic / by Peter Mack. - Leiden ; New York ;
Köln: Brill, 1993
(Brill's studies in intellectual history ; Vol. 43)
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CONTENTS
Preface IX
I. Rhetoric, Dialectic and the Use of Language 1
.Π Valla's Repastinatio dialecticae etphilosophiae 22
.ΠΙ Categories and Metaphysics 37
IV. Valla's Contribution to Logic 74
V. Grammar, Rhetoric and Dialectic in Repastinatio 96
VI. Rudolph Agricola and De inventione dialectica 117
Vu. Agricola's Topics 130
Vul. Dialectical Invention 168
IX. Exposition and Argumentation 190
X. Book Three : Moving, Pleasing and Disposition 203
XI. The Use of Dialectic 227
.ΠΧ De inventione dialectica in the Traditions of
Rhetoric and Dialectic.» 244
.ΠΙΧ The Diffusion of De inventione dialectica 257
XIV. The Reception of De inventione dialectica 280
XV. Erasmus and Vives 303
XVI. Melanchthon ί 320
XVII. Ramus 334
XVm. Conclusion: De inventione dialectica in the sixteenth century.. 356
Select Bibliography 375
General Index 387
Index to Passages from Repastinatio 393
Index to Passages from De inventione dialectica 394