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Series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Subjects Ancient Philosophy, Classical Studies, History, History of Ideas and Intellectual History, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought. Format: Hardback. Publication date: 19 November 2009. ISBN: 9780521837293. Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 0.47kg.
The Gorgias and the Protagoras. The Protagoras and the Gorgias are not only the longest, but by general agreement the most important among Plato's ‘Socratic’ dialogues (the quixotic Menexenus – on which more later – is another matter). Both present Socrates in argument with leading members of the sophistic movement, questioning the ...
Books. Plato: Gorgias, Menexenus, Protagoras. Malcolm Schofield. Cambridge University Press, Nov 19, 2009 - Political Science - 266 pages. Presented in the popular Cambridge Texts format are three early Platonic dialogues in a new English translation by Tom Griffith that combines elegance, accuracy, freshness and fluency.
- Malcolm Schofield
- Tom Griffith
- Cambridge University Press, 2009
t. e. Gorgias ( / ˈɡɔːrɡiəs /; [1] Greek: Γοργίας [ɡorɡíaːs]) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group at a dinner gathering. Socrates debates with self-proclaimed rhetoricians seeking the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to pinpoint the ...
Nov 12, 2010 · Plato has him make plenty of procedural, methodological remarks over dozens of pages in both the Gorgias and the Protagoras. We might want to take these seriously, if a key point of Platonic political philosophy is that, despite arguments to the contrary, politics does abide—indeed, depends on for its legitimacy—careful analysis, rigorous ...
Oct 4, 2019 · This chapter presents a reading of Protagoras and Gorgias. The two dialogues, whatever the relative chronology, both present conversations marked by skilfull characterization and show Plato’s ability to encourage serious philosophical reflection through the interplay of vividly drawn participants. Protagoras and Gorgias also share a feature ...
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Dec 21, 2009 · Plato’s Socrates – we need to remember that the real Socrates never wrote anything down, so Socrates is a created persona, was scathing about Rhetoric, as used in the political arena – here represented by the earlier Gorgias, because its aim was to persuade, and to some extent by the shorter Menexenus, dealing perhaps more with oratory ...
