2. Noun. A didactic speech, book etc ¹
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Definition of Protreptic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protreptic
Literary usage of Protreptic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Epideictic Literature by Theodore Chalon Burgess (1902)
"However, the mere fact of its existence, the prominence of the protreptic element
in other forms, and the fact that through the history of epideictic ..."
2. Studies in Classical Philology by University of Chicago (1902)
"However, the mere fact of its existence, the prominence of the protreptic element
in other forms, and the fact that through the history of epideictic ..."
3. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor...: With an Essay by Jeremy Taylor (1851)
"... but only want of diligence : however, the words are to be found in the
forty-first page of this protreptic, or his admonition to the gentiles, ..."
4. Greek Thinkers: A History of Ancient Philosophy by Theodor Gomperz (1905)
"But it is just as far from being an arbitrary invention. ^^Plato has substituted
a " protreptic " purpose, as has recently been remarked, ..."
5. The whole works of ... Jeremy Taylor, with a life of the author and a by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1828)
"... but only want of diligence: however, the words are to be found in the forty-first
page of this protreptic, or his admonition to the Gentiles, ..."
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