The NYU Department of Classics, Department of Philosophy, and the Center for Ancient Studies present
Aristotle Rhetoric
Thursday - Saturday, October 6-8, 2022
NYU Department of Classics
Thursday, October 6, 2022
10:00 am The Purpose and General Orientation of Aristotle’s Rhetoric
Christof Rapp (LMU Munich)
11:30 am The Rhetoric of Aristotle’s Rhetoric
Laura Viidebaum (NYU)
2:00 pm Probative vs. Refutative Enthymemes
Marko Malink (NYU)
3:30 pm Two guises of endoxa
Elena Cagnioli Fiecconi (University College London)
Friday, October 7, 2022
9:30 am The political meaning of epideictic speech
Jonathan Lear (The University of Chicago)
11:00 am Rhetoric as antistrophos in Aristotle and Plato
Cristina Viano (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
1:30 pm Managing Fear: an example of a persuasion through passions
Olivier Renaut (Université Paris Nanterre)
3:00 pm Honour, worth and emotions
Douglas Cairns (The University of Edinburgh) & Kleanthis Mantzouranis (The University of Edinburgh)
5:00 pm Rhetorikê vis-a-vis philosophia in Aristotle and the fourth century
Christopher Moore (Pennsylvania State University)
Saturday, October 8, 2022
9:00 am The Use of Maxims in Rhetorical and Ethical Arguments
Monte Johnson (University of California, San Diego)
10:30 am Persuasion by Ethos: Platonic precedent?
Frisbee Sheffield (Cambridge University)
1:00 pm Metaphor and Emotion
Pierre Destrée (Université catholique de Louvain)
2:30 pm Closing Discussion
For information, contact Laura Viidebaum: lv40@nyu.edu