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Author: Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572.
Title: A compendium of the art of logick and rhetorick in the English tongue Containing all that Peter Ramus, Aristotle, and others have writ thereon: with plaine directions for the more easie understanding and practice of the same.
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Print source: A compendium of the art of logick and rhetorick in the English tongue Containing all that Peter Ramus, Aristotle, and others have writ thereon: with plaine directions for the more easie understanding and practice of the same.
Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572., R. F., Aristotle.
London: printed by Thomas Maxey, 1651.
Alternate titles: Dialectica. English
Subject terms:
Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.
Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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To the Courteous Reader.
PETER RAMUS to the READER.
A TABLE OF THE Chapters in the two Books of Peter Ramus his DIALECTICA.
In the first Book.
In the second Book.
In Laudem Scientia Dialecticae sacrae.
THE FIRST BOOK OF PETER RAMUS His DIALECTICA of Invention.
CAP. 1. What Dialectica is.
CAP. 2. The parts of Dialectica, and kinds of Arguments.
CAP. 3. The Efficient, Procreant, and Conservant Cause.
CAP. 4. The Efficient alone and with others.
CAP. 5. The Efficient by it self, or an Accident.
CAP. 6. The Matter.
CAP. 7. The Forme.
CAP. 8. The End.
CAP. 9. The Effect.
CAP. 10. The Subject.
CAP. 11. The Adjunct.
CAP. 12. Diverses.
CAP. 13. Desperates.
CAP. 14. Relates
CAP. 15. Adverses.
CAP. 16. Contradicents.
CAP. 17. Privants.
CAP. 18. Equals.
CAP. 18. Greaters.
CAP. 20. Lessers.
CAP. 21. Likes.
CAP. 22. Dislikes.
CAP. 23. Conjugates.
CAP. 24. Notations.
CAP. 25. Distribution.
CAP. 26. The destribution from the cause.
CAP. 27. The distribution from the Effects; also the Genus and Species.
CAP. 28. Distribution from the Subject.
CAP. 29. Distribution from adjucts.
CAP. 30. Definition.
CAP. 31. Description.
CAP. 32. Divine testimony.
CAP. 33. Testimony from humane law and sentences.
THE SECOND BOOK OF PETER RAMUS His DIALECTICA of Iudgement.
CAP. 1. What Iudgement is.
CAP. 2. An affrmative or negative Axioma.
CAP. 3. True and false.
CAP. 4. The simple Axioma.
CAP. 5. The copulative axioma.
CAP. 6. The connexed Axioma.
CAP. 7. The discrete Axioma.
CAP. 8. The disjunct Axioma.
CAP. 9. The Syllogisme and its parts.
CAP. 10. The simple contracted Syllogism.
CAP. 11. The first kinde of the sim∣ple explicated Syl∣logisme.
CAP. 12. The second kinde of the simple explicate Sollogism.
CAP. 13. The first connexed Syllogisme.
CAP. 14. The second connexed Syllogisme.
CAP. 15. The first disjunct Syllogisme.
CAP. 16. The second disjunct Syllogisme.
CAP. 17. The only Method according to Aristotle.
CAP. 18. The first illustration of Methods by illustra∣tion of Arts.
CAP. 19. The second example of Method by example of Poets, Ora∣tors, Historiographers.
CAP. 20. The secrets of Method.
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A BRIEF Of the ART of RHETORICK. The first Book.
CHAP. 1. That Rhetorick is an Art consisting not only in moving the passions of the Iudge; but chiefly in Proofes. And that this Art is profitable.
CHAP. 2. The Definition of Rhetorick.
CHAP. 3. Of the severall kinds of Orations: and of the Principles of Rhetorick.
CHAP. 4. Of the subject of Deliberatives; and the abilities that are required of him that will deliberate of businesse of State.
CHAP. 5. Of the ends which the Orator in Deli∣beratives, propoundeth, whereby to exhort, or dehort.
CHAP. 6. Of the Colours or common opini∣ons concerning Good and Evill.
CHAP. 7. Of the Colours, or common Opi∣nions concerning Good and Evill comparatively.
CHAP. 8. Of the severall kinds of Governments.
CAP. 9. Of the Colours of Honourable and Dishonourable.
CHAP. 10. Of Accusation and Defence, with the Definition of Injury.
CHAP. 11. Of the Colours, or Common O∣pinions concerning Pleasure.
CHAP. 12. Presumptions of Injury drawn from the persons that do it: or Common O∣pinious concerning the aptitude of Persons to do Injury.
CHAP. 13. Presumptions of Injury drawne from the Persons that suffer, and from the matter of the Injury.
CAP. 14. Of those things which are necessary t be known for the Definition of Just and Unjust.
CHAP. 15. Of the Colours or Common Opini∣ons concerning Injuries, compara∣tively.
CHAP. 16. Of Proofes Inartificiall.
The second Book.
CHAP. 1. The Introduction.
CHAP. 2. Of Anger.
CHAP. 3. Of Reconciling, or Pacifying Anger.
CHAP. 4. Of Love and Friends.
CHAP. 5. Of Enmity and Hatred.
CAP. 6. Of Fear.
CHAP. 7. Of Assurance.
CHAP. 8. Of Shame.
CHAP. 9. Of Grace, or Favour.
CHAP. 10. Of Pity, or Compassion.
CHAP. 11. Of Indignation.
CHAP. 12. Of Envy.
CHAP. 13. Of Emulation.
CHAP. 14. Of the Manners of Youth.
CHAP. 15. Of the Manners of Old Men.
CHAP. 16. Of the Manners of Middle-aged men.
CHAP. 17. Of the Manners of the Nobility.
CHAP. 18. Of the Manners of the Rich.
CHAP. 19. Of the Manners of Men in Power, and of such as prosper.
CHAP. 20. Common Places or Principles con∣cerning what May be Done, what Has been Done, and what Shall be Done; or of Fact Possible, Past and Future. Also of Great and Little.
CHAP. 21. Of Example, Similitude, and Fa∣bles.
CAP. 22. Of a Sentence.
CAP. 23. Of the Invention of Enthymemes.
CHAP. 24. Of the Places of Enthymemes O∣stensive.
CHAP. 25. Of the Places of Enthymemes that lead to Impossibility.
CHAP. 26. Of the Places of seeming Enthymemes.
CHAP. 27. Of the wayes to answer the Arguments of the Adversary.
CHAP. 28. Amplification and Extenuation are not Common Places. Enthyme∣mes by which Arguments are an∣swered, are the same with those by which the matter in question is pro∣ved, or disproved. Objections are not Enthymemes.
The third Book.
CHAP. 1. Of the Originall of Elocution and Pronunciation.
CHAP. 2. Of the choise of Words and Epithets.
CHAP. 3. Of the things that make an Oration Flat.
CHAP. 4. Of a Similitude.
CAP. 5. Of the Purity of Language.
CHAP. 6. Of the Amplitude and Tenuity of Lan∣guage.
CHAP. 7. Of the Convenience, or Decency of Elocu∣tion.
CHAP. 8. Of two sorts of Stiles.
CHAP. 9. Of those things that grace an Oration, and make it delightfull.
CAP. 10. In what manner an Oration is graced by the things aforesaid.
CHAP. 11. Of the difference between the Stile to be used in Writing, and the Stile to be used in Pleading.
CHAP. 12. Of the parts of an Oration, and their Order.
CHAP. 13. Of the Proem.
CHAP. 14. Places of Crimination, and Purga∣tion.
CAP. 15. Of the Narration
CHAP. 16. Of Proofe, or Confirmation, and Refu∣tation.
CHAP. 17. Of Interrogations, Answers, and Iests.
CAP. 18. Of the Epilogue.
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THE ART OF RHETORICK.
chapter 1
CHAP. 2.
CHAP. III.
CAP. 4.
CHAP. 5.
CHAP. 6.
CHAP. 7.
CHAP. 8.
CHAP. 9.
Although the Rules of SOPHI∣STRY be needlesse for them that be perfect in LOGICK; yet because the knowledge of them bringeth some profit to young beginners, both for the ready answering of the subtil arguments, and the better pra∣ctising of Logick and Rheto∣rick, we have thought good to turn it into the English Tongue.