The politics of eloquence : David Hume's polite rhetoric /
Hanvelt, Marc,1974-
Toronto, Ont. ; London : University of Toronto Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index.
Introduction -- Hume's Political Project -- Hume on Rhetoric and Persuasion -- Hume's Conception of Politeness -- Polite in His own Way (Hume and the Scots) -- Resuscitating the Passionate Eloquence of the Ancients -- Rhetoric and the Public Sphere -- Toward a Politics of Eloquence.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Rhetoric
Political oratory.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Eloquence.
Courtesy.