Advances in the History of Rhetoric Jan 2007

A Rhetorical Tradition Lost in Translation: Implications for Rhetoric in the Ancient Indian <i>Nyāya Sūtras</i>

Keith Lloyd

Abstract

Abstract Ancient India formalized rhetorical debate in the Sanskrit Nyāya Sūtras. Still influential, they remain relatively unknown because India is thought more mystical than logical, because Nyāya has been misinterpreted through Greek logic and terminologies, and because of its epistemology and soteriology. Perrett's four Western “approaches” to India—“magisterial,” “exoticist,” “curatorial,” and “interlocutory”—provide perspective. Magisterial blindness and exoticist assumptions prohibit understanding of Nyāya and delay its inclusion in rhetorical studies. A curatorial/interlocutory approach (translation and elucidation) reveals Nyāya's nature, as well as its similarities with Aristotle's enthymeme and example, enriching our understanding of the history and nature of rhetoric.

Journal
Advances in the History of Rhetoric
Published
2007-01-01
DOI
10.1080/15362426.2007.10557274
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Citation Context

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    Philosophy of East and West  ↗
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    Philosophy of East and West  ↗
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