This study identifies and analyzes a compelling theory and practice of persuasion that integrates the complexity of human desire. It demonstrates how the philosophical component in Pascal's description of the will makes a seamless integration into a vehicle of persuasion and poetics, providing a privileged viewpoint for understanding the author's complete works, arguing that the notion of will is of fundamental importance in Pascal's anthropology as well as in his rhetoric. This avenue of interpretation is both fruitful and difficult, because the word "volonte" means very different things...
This study identifies and analyzes a compelling theory and practice of persuasion that integrates the complexity of human desire. It demonstrates h...
This study identifies and analyzes a compelling theory and practice of persuasion that integrates the complexity of human desire. It shows how the philosophical component in Pascal's description of the will makes a seamless integration into a vehicle of persuasion and poetics.
This study identifies and analyzes a compelling theory and practice of persuasion that integrates the complexity of human desire. It shows how the phi...
This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir's evolution, providing insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and...
This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their...
This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir s evolution, providing insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and...
This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their...
