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The true philosophy is rhetoric, and the true rhetoric is philosophy, a philosophy which does not need an “external” rhetoric to convince, and a rhetoric that does not need an “external” content of verity.

— Ernesto Grassi Rhetoric as Philosophy (1980)

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The art of eloquence belongs to the realm of probability because it constantly directs its glance at the specific, variable psychic state of the audience.

Rhetoric as Philosophy (1980)

Vico claims that the aim of philosophy is the problem of "finding," and he identifies the theory of "finding" with "topical philosophy.” …

Rhetoric as Philosophy (1980)

In Quintilian’s expositions there appears a note of melancholy when he discovers that toward the decline of life, the ratio sneaks in gradually, choking up insight into the original.

Rhetoric as Philosophy (1980)

Thus the true philosophy is rhetoric, and the true rhetoric is philosophy, a philosophy which does not need an “external” rhetoric to convince, and a rhetoric that does not need an “external” content of verity.

Rhetoric as Philosophy (1980)

The general opinion … is that the humanist tradition is primarily of literary and aesthetical significance rather than of philosophical significance. This view has its origin in statements of Descartes.

Rhetoric as Philosophy (1980)

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