Hanvelt, Marc,  1974- <br/><br/>
The politics of eloquence  David Hume's polite rhetoric / 
Marc Hanvelt. 
 - Toronto [Ont. :  University of Toronto Press,  (c)2012. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec :  Canadian Electronic Library,  (c)2012). 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 217 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction --  Hume's Political Project --  Hume on Rhetoric and Persuasion --  Hume's Conception of Politeness --  Polite in His own Way (Hume and the Scots) --  Resuscitating the Passionate Eloquence of the Ancients --  Rhetoric and the Public Sphere --  Toward a Politics of Eloquence. 
<br/><br/> Drawing on Hume's philosophical, historical, and popular writings, The Politics of Eloquence presents an understanding of rhetoric that can be properly ascribed to this important thinker, an understanding hitherto overlooked in the scholarly literature. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442696945 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rhetoric--Political aspects.<br/>Political oratory.<br/>Persuasion (Rhetoric)--Political aspects.<br/>Eloquence.<br/>Courtesy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA85  / .P655 2012