Classical rhetoric for the modern student
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Read on Hacker News…ubject. Concerning rhetoric, classical resources are vast, ranging from works by Aristotle to Cicero to many others. An excellent modern resource is Edward P.J. Corbett, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student (Oxford University Press 1965) (this work was updated later by editors who sought to make it "relevant" for the 1970s, and much diminished as a result - get the earlier edition through Abebooks if possible).
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