As I was reading Ramus for this week, I felt a little bit like I do when I get e-mail messages from friends and I can’t hear their tone of voice. Those messages that say things like, “I can’t believe…
English 5001
ramus and vico
by jocias • • 0 Comments
Ramus sets out to debunk Quintillian’s claims by dissecting his work into more precise categories. He maintains that Quintillian intermingles rhetoric with other disciplines thus confusing its definition. For Ramus, an artist is defined only by the rules of his…
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Medieval Response
by Joel •
I am not sure I totally agree with Ramus’s point that scholars of rhetoric do not need a well balanced background in order to be good orators. In everyday life, I find that people who are smart in many areas…
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Ramus vs. Vico: How Should Rhetoric be Taught?
by Anne Engert • • 0 Comments
Of what exactly should a curriculum in rhetoric consist? In “Arguments in Rhetoric Against Quintilian,” Peter Ramus wants to isolate matters he considers essential to the study of rhetoric—style and delivery—leaving dialectical matters to other disciplines. In “On the Study…
Classes, English 5001
Week 4: “On the Study Methods of Our Time”
by kmontero • • 0 Comments
“On the StudyMethods of Our Time” by Giambattista Vico illustrates the benefits and detriments of the study methods of the author’s time (early 18th century) in comparison to those of the ancients. Vico looks to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of his…
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Medieval and Renaissance Class Questions
by MaryAnn Macedo • • 12 Comments
Hey Everyone! Sorry it took me a few days– was working all weekend, but finally got something down. I had plenty of questions after the reading, but I’m honestly more curious to see what you have to say than to…