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Lexis
Journal issue | Num. 42 (n.s.) – Giugno 2024 – Fasc. 1
Research Article | The Legislator’s Speech in Book IV of Plato's Laws: Between Poetry and Rhetoric
The Legislator’s Speech in Book IV of Plato's Laws: Between Poetry and Rhetoric
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Silvia Gastaldi
- Università di Pavia -
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- Silvia Gastaldi - Università di Pavia - email
Abstract
This paper aims to analyse the speech of the lawgiver in Book 4 of Plato’s Laws, the only one directly addressed to the citizens of the Cretan colony to outline their behaviour rules. This speech is examined not only for its ethical content but also for its argumentative structure. In particular, references to archaic gnomic poetry, which give the discourse great solemnity, are reviewed. In addition, the lawgiver’s mastery of rhetorical tools aimed at persuading citizens is emphasized. The lawgiver’s use of persuasion, further applied in all the preambles prefixed to the laws, seems to be an implementation of rhetoric as psychagogy outlined in the Phaedrus.
Submitted: Nov. 16, 2023 | Accepted: Feb. 9, 2024 | Published July 3, 2024 | Language: it
Keywords Lawgiver • Rhetoric • Gnomic Poetry • Laws • Plato
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The Legislator’s Speech in Book IV of Plato's Laws: Between Poetry and Rhetoric
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Gastaldi Silvia
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
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This paper aims to analyse the speech of the lawgiver in Book 4 of Plato’s Laws, the only one directly addressed to the citizens of the Cretan colony to outline their behaviour rules. This speech is examined not only for its ethical content but also for its argumentative structure. In particular, references to archaic gnomic poetry, which give the discourse great solemnity, are reviewed. In addition, the lawgiver’s mastery of rhetorical tools aimed at persuading citizens is emphasized. The lawgiver’s use of persuasion, further applied in all the preambles prefixed to the laws, seems to be an implementation of rhetoric as psychagogy outlined in the Phaedrus.
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Lexis
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Num. 42 (n.s.) – Giugno 2024 – Fasc. 1
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2024-07-03
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2024-02-09
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2023-11-16
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Gnomic Poetry
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Lawgiver
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Laws
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Plato
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This paper aims to analyse the speech of the lawgiver in Book 4 of Plato’s Laws, the only one directly addressed to the citizens of the Cretan colony to outline their behaviour rules. This speech is examined not only for its ethical content but also for its argumentative structure. In particular, references to archaic gnomic poetry, which give the discourse great solemnity, are reviewed. In addition, the lawgiver’s mastery of rhetorical tools aimed at persuading citizens is emphasized. The lawgiver’s use of persuasion, further applied in all the preambles prefixed to the laws, seems to be an implementation of rhetoric as psychagogy outlined in the Phaedrus. |
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Num. 42 (n.s.) – Giugno 2024 – Fasc. 1 |
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2024-07-03 |
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2024-02-09 |
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2724-1564 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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Plato |
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