Permissio
The Permissio ( Latin for “permission”) or the Epitrope ( Greek : ἐπιτροπή , epitropé: “leaving, leaving”) is a rhetorical figure , especially in deliberative speech or in court speech (see speech types in the article rhetoric (Aristotle) or rhetoric ), with which the addressee ostensibly freedom of action and decision-making is confirmed, but in the conviction that ultimately the advice of the speaker will be taken (possibly to the detriment of the addressee). The Permissio is therefore always to be understood ironically .
Example: “He who is wicked must continue to be wicked, and whoever is unclean is still unclean; but he who is pious should continue to be pious, and he who is holy will continue to be holy. Behold, I come soon, and my reward with me, to give each one of them how his works will be. [...] Blessed are those who keep his commandments, that they may have power over the tree of life and may enter the city at the gates. For outside are the dogs and the magicians and the fornicators and the killers and the idols and all who love and do the lie. ” ( Revelation 22: 11-16)
Related to the Permissio is the Concessio .
Individual evidence
- ^ Translation by Martin Luther, quoted from http://l12.bibeltext.com/revelation/22.htm
literature
- Heinrich Lausberg: Handbook of literary rhetoric . 4th edition. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-515-09156-5 , §857