Retorica e dialettica nel „Cannocchiale aristotelico” (1670) di Emanuele Tesauro. Una prima indagine
Rhetoric and Dialectic in Emanuele Tesauro’s „Cannocchiale aristotelico” (1670). A Preliminary Investigation
Author(s): Angelo Lombardo, Teodoro KatinisSubject(s): History, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Epistemology, Logic, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Communication studies, History of ideas, Cognitive linguistics, Ancient Philosphy, Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Law, Cognitive Psychology, Methodology and research technology, Theory of Literature, Politics of History/Memory, Rhetoric, Italian literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Tesauro; Aristotle; rhetoric; dialectic; enthymeme
Summary/Abstract: This article examines the relationship between rhetoric and dialectic in Tesauro’s Cannocchiale aristotelico through a comparative reading of Aristotle, with particular attention to the opening of the Rhetoric, where the art of persuasion is defined as the “antistrophe” of dialectic—its complementary counterpart. Tesauro, through his peculiar conception of the rhetorical syllogism as an “entimema urbanamente fallace,” not only exceeds the Aristotelian antistrophe but also establishes a new, original relation between dialectic and rhetoric that reveals the intuition of a distinctive vision of the world and its order of truth.
Journal: Fabrica Litterarum Polono-Italica
- Issue Year: 11/2026
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-19
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Italian
