Archive: "rhetoric" Tag
December 2, 1983 by •
Analiza Brigham Young,
apostles,
appearances,
awesome,
Babylon,
beauty,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
Brigham Young,
Christian(s),
condition of the heart,
darkness,
destruction,
division,
Enoch,
equal,
eternal life,
eternal order,
goal,
God,
Heavenly City,
Holy land,
Holy place(s),
invulnerable,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish,
Joseph Smith,
kingdom(s) of God,
money,
Mormon(s),
New Education Jerusalem,
obedient,
one heart,
one mind,
peace,
perfection,
power(s),
pure in heart,
purity,
refuge,
rhetoric,
Roman,
safety,
sanctify,
Satan,
sin,
society,
temple(s),
terror,
the Gospel,
The LORD,
the poor,
the Prophets,
the Saints,
the world,
treason,
truth,
Two Ways,
type of,
virtue(s),
Way of Darkness,
Way of Light,
wealth,
wicked,
wickedness,
Zion
“What is Zion? A Distant View,” in What Is Zion? Joseph Smith Lecture Series, 1972-1973 (Provo: BYU Press, 1973): 1-21; CWHN 9:25-62. This talk, originally given in 1973, was circulated prior to publication as “Waiting for Zion,” typed typescript, 34 pp., d.s. A passionate treatment of one of Nibley’s favorite themes. — Midgley
February 1, 1981 by •
Agathias,
angel(s),
aristocracy,
Asia,
Attila,
Augustine,
barbarians,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
churchmen,
civilized man,
conformity,
Constantine,
culture(s),
demands,
devil(s),
East and West,
education,
Emperor,
Empire,
fourth century A.D.,
free men,
freedom,
God,
Greece,
Greek,
internal decay,
Jesus Christ,
Khan(s),
landowners,
loyalty,
opposition,
oversimplification,
pagan(s),
panegyrics,
Persia,
persuasion,
polarized loyalties,
Priscus,
rhetoric,
Romanitas,
Romans,
Rome,
scholar(s),
Scythians,
society,
super-weapon,
the Church,
the Faith,
the nobles,
Two Worlds,
Vandals,
Western civilization
Western Political Quarterly 6:4 (1953):631-657; CWHN 10:195. An examination of the problem of loyalty in the 4th century, with obvious significance for our own time. — Midgley
March 11, 1976 by •
accumulation,
Brigham Young,
character,
computers,
customs and fashions,
degree,
Dialogue,
discipline,
economy,
education,
eternal progression,
eternity,
experience,
false doctrine,
false ideas,
fashion(s),
glory of God,
god of this world,
Holy Spirit,
honest heart,
ignorance,
intelligence,
Joseph Smith,
kingdom(s),
kitsch,
knowledge,
ladder,
learning,
light,
mediocre,
message,
moral(s) quality,
perishable objects,
practical knowledge,
principles,
real work,
revelation(s),
rhetoric,
riches,
security,
sensibility,
Shakespeare,
success,
talents,
taste,
teaching,
the Gospel,
the mind,
the Spirit,
truth,
vision,
wisdom,
work
Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo: BYU Press, 1976): 2-20. A talk given on March 11, 1976 at the Joseph Smith Auditorium at Brigham Young University; CWHN 13: 346-379. Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3. This recording is also found at BYU Speeches.
February 18, 1966 by •
ancient world,
Apollodorus,
Athens,
Augustus Caesar,
blackmail,
Christianity,
disciples,
education,
Egypt,
Greeks,
idleness,
imposing appendix,
John Chrysostom,
Palaemon,
pseudo-wisemen,
rhetoric,
Rome,
Seven Sages,
Socrates,
Sophists,
Symmachus,
teachers,
the University of Athens,
tyrant(s),
underachievement,
upper-class,
wisdom
BYU Studies 9:4 (Summer 1969): 440-452; CWHN 10: 287-302. Nibley traces some interesting parallels in educational matters and especially in campus unrest in the decade after 1960 with the medieval world. — Midgley
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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February 17, 1962 by •
alternative,
Analiza Ann Eliza Young,
Analiza Brigham Young,
Analiza Young,
Ann Eliza Young,
anti-Mormon,
argument,
association,
attack,
bargain,
Brigham Young,
controversy,
credentials,
criminal charges,
education,
evidence,
exploit,
Fawn M. Brodie,
folksy,
geographical gap,
homey,
images,
imposing appendix,
intrigue,
Irving Wallace,
Joseph Smith,
Mormon(s),
Mormonism,
mysteries,
name-dropper,
pictures,
polemic,
probabilities,
purity,
purity of motives,
rhetoric,
rules of advertising,
scholar(s),
schoolmen,
sources,
Stenhouse,
thesis
Lecture II, February 17, 1962 in Seminar on the Prophet Joseph Smith (BYU Extension Publications, 1962): 30-41. This was reprinted (1964), pp. 31-42. Essentially a preview of Sounding Brass (1963). A long satirical list of informal rules commonly followed by those anxious to attack Mormon things. — Midgley Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for …
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January 2, 1950 by •
anthropomorphists,
Brigham Young University,
Christianity,
church,
classical,
degree,
God,
graduate studies,
intellectuals,
Jesus Christ,
knowledge,
language(s),
learned world,
learning,
religion,
religious views,
rhetoric,
scholar(s),
schoolmen,
service degree,
Sophists,
spiritualizers,
the Gospel,
the School,
the University,
True Church,
universities
8 pp. Open letter, addressed to “Dear Brother Burgon,” dated July 29, 1960, with a cover letter, addressed to “Dear Brother…,” 1 p., dated August 3, 1960