The Philosophy of Rhetoric
2 Volume Set

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Nature and Foundations of Eloquence:
1. Eloquence in the largest acceptation defined
2. Of wit, humour, and ridicule
3. The doctrine of the preceding chapter defended
4. Of the relation which eloquence bears to logic and to grammar
5. Of the different sources of evidence, and the different subjects to which they are respectively adapted
6. Of the nature and use of the scholastic art of syllogising
7. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of the hearers as men in general
8. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of the hearers as men in particular
9. Of the consideration which the speaker ought to have of himself
10. The different kinds of public speaking in use among the moderns, compared, with a view to their different advantages in respect of eloquence
11. Of the cause of that pleasure which we receive from objects or representations that excite pity and other painful feelings
Part II. The Foundations and Essential Properties of Elocution:
1. The nature and characters of the use which gives law to languages
2. The nature and use of verbal criticism, with its principal canons
3. Of grammatical purity
4. Some grammatical doubts in regard to English construction stated and examined. Volume 2:
5. Of the qualities of style strictly rhetorical
6. Of perspicuity
7. What is the cause that nonsense so often escapes being detected, both by the writer and by the reader
8. The extensive usefulness of perspicuity
9. May there not be an excess of perspicuity?
Part III. The Discriminating Properties of Elocution:
1. Of vivacity as depending on the choice of words
2. Of vivacity as depending on the number of the words
3. Of vivacity as depending on the arrangement of the words
4. Of the connectives employed in combining the parts of a sentence
5. Of the connectives employed in combining the sentences in a discourse.