Abstract

COSTA, Admar Almeida da. The contradictions of the world and the unity of discourse: philosophy and rhetoric in Antônio Vieira. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2018, vol.32, n.65, pp.447-462.  Epub Sep 21, 2020. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.issn.0102-6801.v32n65a2018-01.

This work is on the presence of the heraclitic thought in the famous speech by the Jesuit priest Antônio Vieira entitled “The Tears of Heraclitus”. This speech was made as a request from the Queen of Sweden, Cristina Alexandra, founder of the academy “The Arcadia Romana” in 1674 recently accommodated in Italy, seat of the rhetorical-philosophical clash on the following matter: Debating with the also Jesuit priest Jerônimo Catâneo, to whom the defense of Democritus fell, Vieira produces an essay of strong philosophical content and rare literary beauty.

Keywords : Rhetoric; Philosophy and classical tradition.

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