Looking Into Aristotle's Eyes: Toward a Theory of Rhetorical Vision

Debra Hawhee Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article culls a theory of rhetorical vision from Aristotle's Rhetoric by examining the cluster of terms that bears on his theory of visual style. Rhetorical vision stands apart from but complements visual rhetoric in that it attends to the rhetorical and linguistic conjuring of visual images—what contemporary neuroscientists call visual imagery—and can even affect direct perception. The article concludes by examining rhetorical vision in Demosthenes' Epitaphios. At stake in this investigation is the visible and visual liveliness of rhetoric and its ability to alter sense perception.

Journal
Advances in the History of Rhetoric
Published
2011-07-01
DOI
10.1080/15362426.2011.613288
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