ἔτι ἔνιαι τῶν παροιμιῶν καὶ γνῶμαί εἰσιν (Arist. Ret. 1395a12). LA RELACIÓN ENTRE SENTENCIA Y PROVERBIO EN LA RETÓRICA DE ARISTÓTELES

Abstract

This article addresses the existent relationship between gnômai and the paroimíai in Aristotele’s Rhetoric, having into consideration that this author was the first one to methodize the use of gnômai in rhetoric speech, defining them theoretically. To stablish the relationship between one and the other type of statements, we will start with the confirmation done in 1395a12 about the fact that, in some circumstances, a proverb is a sentence: ἔτι ἔνιαι τῶν παροιμιῶν καὶ γνῶμαί εἰσιν (“even some proverbs are sentences too”). First, I take the gnômai in the form they are presented in Rhetoric II. Secondly, I make a survey of the paroimíai from book I. Ultimately, I remark similarities and differences between both types of statements.