SettingsRhetoricians
Alexander Bain
Alexander Bain was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist in the British school of empiricism who was a prominent and innovative figure in the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral ...
Alexander Bain was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist in the British school of empiricism who was a prominent and innovative figure in the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral ...
Ali Ahmad Kurd
Ali Ahmad Kurd was the President of Supreme Court Bar Association and a key leader of the Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan.He belongs to the famous Baloch tribe of Kurd related to Magsi Balochis.
Ali Ahmad Kurd was the President of Supreme Court Bar Association and a key leader of the Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan.He belongs to the famous Baloch tribe of Kurd related to Magsi Balochis.
Benjamin Hedericus
Benjamin Hedericus (1675–1748) is most notable as author of a Greek lexicon, which was widely used in the Roman Catholic Church in Europe.
Benjamin Hedericus (1675–1748) is most notable as author of a Greek lexicon, which was widely used in the Roman Catholic Church in Europe.
Chaïm Perelman
Chaïm Perelman (20 May 1912, Warsaw - 22 January 1984, Bruxelles) was a Polish-born philosopher of law, who studied, taught, and lived most of his life in Brussels.
Chaïm Perelman (20 May 1912, Warsaw - 22 January 1984, Bruxelles) was a Polish-born philosopher of law, who studied, taught, and lived most of his life in Brussels.
Christine de Pizan
Christine de Pizan was a Venetian-born late medieval author who challenged misogyny and stereotypes prevalent in the late medieval culture.
Christine de Pizan was a Venetian-born late medieval author who challenged misogyny and stereotypes prevalent in the late medieval culture.
Clifford Geertz
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three...
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three...
Deirdre McCloskey
Deirdre N. McCloskey (born in 1942 as Donald N. McCloskey) is an American economics professor.
Deirdre N. McCloskey (born in 1942 as Donald N. McCloskey) is an American economics professor.
Dilip P. Gaonkar
Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar (born 1945) is an Associate Professor in Rhetoric and Public Culture and the Director of Center for Global Culture and Communication at Northwestern University.
Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar (born 1945) is an Associate Professor in Rhetoric and Public Culture and the Director of Center for Global Culture and Communication at Northwestern University.
Emporius
Emporius was a Latin rhetorician and the author of three short tracts entitled De Ethopoeia ac Loco Communi Liber, Demonstrativae Maleteriae praeceptum and De Deliberatia Specie.
Emporius was a Latin rhetorician and the author of three short tracts entitled De Ethopoeia ac Loco Communi Liber, Demonstrativae Maleteriae praeceptum and De Deliberatia Specie.
Eugenio Espejo
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (Royal Audiencia of Quito, 1747–1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador.
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (Royal Audiencia of Quito, 1747–1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador.
Feofan Prokopovich
Feofan/Theophan Prokopovich was an archbishop and statesman in the Russian Empire, of Ukrainian descent.
Feofan/Theophan Prokopovich was an archbishop and statesman in the Russian Empire, of Ukrainian descent.
Frances Willard (suffragist)
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist.
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist.
Fred Newton Scott
Fred Newton Scott (1860-1931) was an American writer, educator and rhetorician.
Fred Newton Scott (1860-1931) was an American writer, educator and rhetorician.
Geoffrey of Vinsauf
Geoffrey of Vinsauf is a representative of the early medieval grammarian movement, termed preceptive grammar by James J. Murphy for its interest in teaching ars poetria.
Geoffrey of Vinsauf is a representative of the early medieval grammarian movement, termed preceptive grammar by James J. Murphy for its interest in teaching ars poetria.
George Beswick Hynson
George Beswick Hynson, Sr. (April 2, 1862 - before 1938) was lawyer, writer, poet, and newspaper editor at the Peninsula News and Advertiser.
George Beswick Hynson, Sr. (April 2, 1862 - before 1938) was lawyer, writer, poet, and newspaper editor at the Peninsula News and Advertiser.
George Campbell (minister)
George Campbell was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, minister, theologian, and professor of divinity.
George Campbell was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, minister, theologian, and professor of divinity.
George Campbell (Presbyterian minister)
George Campbell (December 25, 1719 – April 6, 1796) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, minister, theologian, and professor of divinity.
George Campbell (December 25, 1719 – April 6, 1796) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, minister, theologian, and professor of divinity.
Giambattista Vico
Giovanni Battista Giambattista Vico Vico or Vigo was an Italian political philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist.
Giovanni Battista Giambattista Vico Vico or Vigo was an Italian political philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist.
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Count Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (; 24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance philosopher.
Count Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (; 24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance philosopher.
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was a scholar of Chicano cultural theory, feminist theory, and Queer theory.
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was a scholar of Chicano cultural theory, feminist theory, and Queer theory.
Greg Clark (rhetorician)
Gregory Clark is an American rhetorician interested in Kenneth Burke's identification rhetoric.
Gregory Clark is an American rhetorician interested in Kenneth Burke's identification rhetoric.
Gresham Professor of Rhetoric
The Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public.
The Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public.
Henry Home, Lord Kames
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696 27 December 1782) was a Scottish advocate, judge, philosopher, writer and agricultural improver.
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696 27 December 1782) was a Scottish advocate, judge, philosopher, writer and agricultural improver.
Henry Louis Gates
Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual.
Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual.
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.
Hélène Cixous
Hélène Cixous is a professor, French feminist writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, literary critic and rhetorician.
Hélène Cixous is a professor, French feminist writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, literary critic and rhetorician.
I. A. Richards
Ivor Armstrong Richards was an influential English literary critic and rhetorician.
Ivor Armstrong Richards was an influential English literary critic and rhetorician.
Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850–15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar, linguist and feminist.
Jane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850–15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar, linguist and feminist.
Jean-François Lyotard
Jean-François Lyotard (; 10 August 1924– 21 April 1998) was a French philosopher and literary theorist.
Jean-François Lyotard (; 10 August 1924– 21 April 1998) was a French philosopher and literary theorist.
Johannes de Garlandia (philologist)
Johannes de Garlandia or John of Garland was a philologist and university teacher.
Johannes de Garlandia or John of Garland was a philologist and university teacher.
Juan Luis Vives
Juan Luis Vives, also Joan Lluís Vives i March, was a Valencian Spanish scholar and humanist.
Juan Luis Vives, also Joan Lluís Vives i March, was a Valencian Spanish scholar and humanist.
Juana Inés de la Cruz
Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1651 – 17 April 1695), full name Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and nun of...
Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1651 – 17 April 1695), full name Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and nun of...
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist, geographer and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist, geographer and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Leland T. Powers
Leland T. Powers was an American performing arts educator.
Leland T. Powers was an American performing arts educator.
Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca
Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca was a Belgian academic and lifelong co-worker of the philosopher Chaïm Perelman.
Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca was a Belgian academic and lifelong co-worker of the philosopher Chaïm Perelman.
Mammata Bhatta
Mammata Bhatta was a Sanskrit rhetorician noted for his text on poetics, the kâvya-prakâsha (light on poetics).
Mammata Bhatta was a Sanskrit rhetorician noted for his text on poetics, the kâvya-prakâsha (light on poetics).
Marcel Detienne
Marcel Detienne (born 1935) is a Belgian historian and specialist in the study of ancient Greece.
Marcel Detienne (born 1935) is a Belgian historian and specialist in the study of ancient Greece.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 15 December 1673) was an English aristocrat, a prolific writer, and a scientist.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 15 December 1673) was an English aristocrat, a prolific writer, and a scientist.
Margaret Fell
Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox (1614 – 23 April 1702) was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends.
Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox (1614 – 23 April 1702) was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends.
Maria W. Stewart
Maria Stewart (Maria Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1879) was an African-American journalist, lecturer, abolitionist, and women's rights activist.
Maria Stewart (Maria Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1879) was an African-American journalist, lecturer, abolitionist, and women's rights activist.
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin was a politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel.
Menachem Begin was a politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel.
Michael Leff
Michael Leff was an internationally known U.S. scholar of rhetoric.
Michael Leff was an internationally known U.S. scholar of rhetoric.
Miguel Ángel Garrido Gallardo
Miguel Ángel Garrido Gallardo. Born September 7, 1945 in Lubrín (Almería, Spain).
Miguel Ángel Garrido Gallardo. Born September 7, 1945 in Lubrín (Almería, Spain).
Mikhail Bakhtin
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, ) (November 17, 1895, Oryol – March 7, 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic, semiotician and scholar who worked on literary...
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, ) (November 17, 1895, Oryol – March 7, 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic, semiotician and scholar who worked on literary...
Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca (July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374), known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest humanists.
Francesco Petrarca (July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374), known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest humanists.
Phoebe Palmer
Phoebe Palmer (December 17, 1807 – November 2, 1874) was an evangelist and writer who promoted the doctrine of Christian perfection.
Phoebe Palmer (December 17, 1807 – November 2, 1874) was an evangelist and writer who promoted the doctrine of Christian perfection.
Richard M. Weaver
Richard Malcolm Weaver, Jr (March 3, 1910 – April 1, 1963) was an American scholar who taught English at the University of Chicago.
Richard Malcolm Weaver, Jr (March 3, 1910 – April 1, 1963) was an American scholar who taught English at the University of Chicago.
Richard Whately
Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
Stanley Fish
Stanley Eugene Fish (born April 19, 1938) is an American literary theorist and legal scholar.
Stanley Eugene Fish (born April 19, 1938) is an American literary theorist and legal scholar.
Stephen Toulmin
Stephen Edelston Toulmin (25 March 1922 - 4 December 2009) was a British philosopher, author, and educator.
Stephen Edelston Toulmin (25 March 1922 - 4 December 2009) was a British philosopher, author, and educator.
Stephen Ziliak
Stephen T. Ziliak is an American professor of economics.
Stephen T. Ziliak is an American professor of economics.
Teofil Rutka
Teofil (Bogusław) Rutka SJ (born 27 December 1622 in the Kiev Voivodeship, died 18 May 1700 in Lwów) - Polish Jesuit.
Teofil (Bogusław) Rutka SJ (born 27 December 1622 in the Kiev Voivodeship, died 18 May 1700 in Lwów) - Polish Jesuit.
Thomas Sheridan (actor)
Thomas Sheridan (1719 – 14 August 1788) was an Irish stage actor, an educator, and a major proponent of the elocution movement.
Thomas Sheridan (1719 – 14 August 1788) was an Irish stage actor, an educator, and a major proponent of the elocution movement.
Thomas Wilson (rhetorician)
Thomas Wilson (1524–1581) was an English diplomat, judge, and privy councillor in the government of Elizabeth I. He is now remembered for his Logique (1551) and The Arte of Rhetorique (1...
Thomas Wilson (1524–1581) was an English diplomat, judge, and privy councillor in the government of Elizabeth I. He is now remembered for his Logique (1551) and The Arte of Rhetorique (1...
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor.
William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor.
Włodzimierz Spasowicz
Włodzimierz Spasowicz or Vladimir Spasovich was a Polish-Russian lawyer often acclaimed as the most brilliant defense attorney of Imperial Russia.
Włodzimierz Spasowicz or Vladimir Spasovich was a Polish-Russian lawyer often acclaimed as the most brilliant defense attorney of Imperial Russia.