The realm of rhetoric / [electronic resource] Ch. Perelman ; translated by William Kluback ; introduction by Carroll C. Arnold.

Translation of: L'empire rhétorique.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Logic, dialectic, philosophy, and rhetoric -- Argumentation, speaker, and audience -- The premises of argumentation -- Choice, presence, and presentation -- Signification and interpretation of data -- Techniques of argumentation -- Quasi-logical arguments -- Arguments based on the structure of reality -- Argumentation by example, illustration, and model -- Analogy and metaphor -- The dissociation od ideas -- Fullness of argumentation and strength of arguments -- The order of arguments in a discourse -- The realm of rhetoric.