Conversations: Rachel Mann, author of ‘A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 40 Days With Jane Austen’
KATHRYN POST speaks with Rachel Mann, whose latest book, ‘A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 40 Days With Jane Austen’, pairs excerpts from Austen’s novels with reflections on virtues and vices…
PERSUASION
I understand that Christianity was the first ‘force’ to successfully implement persuasion – through reason, rhetoric and experience – as its main method of conquest. MAKING A POINT? If persuasion involves a sword, then it’s not Christianity, says Paul Clark. PICTURE: Henry Hustava/Unsplash That is, virtually all other societies persuaded people to their point-of-view at the […]