Sophrosyne And The Rhetoric Of Self-Restraint: Polysemy & Persuasive Use Of An Ancient Greek Value Term by Adriaan Rademaker
English | Jan 30, 2005 | ISBN: 9004142517 | 392 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | Jan 30, 2005 | ISBN: 9004142517 | 392 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
While of paramount importance to Ancient Greek society, sophrosyne, the value of self-restraint, constitutes a notoriously complex concept, and provides the speaker of Ancient Greek with a subtle instrument for verbal persuasion.