Delectare, movere et docere

rhetoric and education in the Baroque

Authors

  • Marina Massimi University of São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2008.55051

Keywords:

rhetoric and education;, Baroque, history of psychological knowledge, brazilian culture in Modern Ages

Abstract

The articulation between delectare, movere et docere, which defines the objective of ancient and modern rhetoric has always implied a concept regarding the use of words in the formation of man, and, therefore, it established a close connection between rhetoric art and the art of education. The analysis of handbooks that became essential instruments for this education shows the existence of this connection, which occurs through the ability that words have to mobilize people regarding their body, psychic, and spiritual dynamism. In Brazil, the concept of the educational function of words is the foundation for the complete missionary practice of the Jesuits. Emphasis on this function takes into consideration the oral character of culture and its transmission, and the relevance assigned to the power of words by indigenous cultural traditions.

Author Biography

  • Marina Massimi , University of São Paulo

    Marina Massimi, graduated in psychology from the University of Padua (Italy) in 1979, holds a master's and a doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of São Paulo. She is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology and Education at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters at the University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto campus, and specializes in the history of psychology and psychological ideas. Among her most recent books, she published: Words, Souls, and Bodies in Colonial Brazil (São Paulo, Loyola, 2005); A Burning Desire for the Indies (co-authored with André Barreto Prudente; São Paulo: Loyola, 2002); and The Eyes See through the Heart: Psychological Knowledge of the Passions in the History of Brazilian Culture from the 16th to 17th Centuries (with Paulo José Carvalho da Silva; Ribeirão Preto: Holos Editora, 2001). She is a co-editor of the electronic journal Memorandum (Qualis International B; indexed by Psycho-Info) and the Leader of the CNPq Research Group on Psychology and Human Sciences: History and Memory.

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2008-01-01

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No. 17 (2008): General Topics

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“Delectare, Movere Et Docere: Rhetoric and Education in the Baroque”. 2008. Per Musi, no. 17 (January): 54-59. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2008.55051.