January 19, 1986 by •
Adam,
ancient civilization,
archaeological excavation,
archaeologist(s),
archaeology,
Bible,
Chaldean(s),
Charles Darwin,
China,
controversy,
disbelief(s),
Egyptian(s),
evidence,
evolutionary theory,
God,
history,
Hittite(s),
imagination,
impressions,
interpretation,
investigators,
Jericho,
language(s),
naive science,
Near East,
New Education Uniformity,
opinion(s),
Patriarchs,
prehistory,
prophet(s),
religion,
scholarship,
science,
scientific method,
scripture(s),
speculation,
theories,
unbelief,
uncertainty,
Victorians
9 pp. typed paper, 1965; Seventh East Press (January 18, 1982): 4-7, 12; and CWHN 1: 21-36. This is the manuscript of an essay submitted to the Instructor, and rejected, and circulated with two letters, both dated September 16, 1965, one addressed to “Dear Brother,” 1 p., and the other addressed to “Mr. W,” 5 …
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June 2, 1965 by •
ancient civilization,
Arab(s),
Babylonian(s),
Cicero,
conceited,
entertainment,
Hajji Baba,
intellectual,
knowledge,
orators,
persuasion,
philosophy,
Protagoras,
rhetor,
rhetoric,
scholar(s),
self-interest,
Socrates,
Sophistry,
Sophists,
spoiled
“Victoriosa Loquacitas: The Rise of Rhetoric and the Fall of Everything Else,” Western Speech 20:2 (Spring 1956):57-82; CWHN 10:243-286. A study of the rhetoric of the second Sophistic movement and its influence on politics and culture generally, with obvious significance for our own time because of remarkable parallel developments in the current world of business, …
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