Download or read book Passions and Persuasion in Aristotle's Rhetoric written by Jamie Dow and published by Oxford Aristotle Studies. This book was released on 2015 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamie Dow presents an original treatment of Aristotle's views on rhetoric and the passions, and the first major study of Aristotle's 'Rhetoric' in recent years. He attributes to Aristotle a normative view of rhetoric and its role in the state, and ascribes to him a particular view of the kinds of cognitions involved in the passions.