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Full Work Summary. Gorgias is a detailed study of virtue founded upon an inquiry into the nature of rhetoric, art, power, temperance, justice, and good versus evil. As such, the dialogue both maintains independent significance and relates closely to Plato's overarching philosophical project of defining noble and proper human existence.
Full Work Summary. Protagoras is a strangely disjointed text. On a first reading, the different sections of the dialogue may seem to have little to do with each other. In fact, connections do exist between these apparently disparate parts, although they tend not to be on the level of narrative, explicit argumentative theme, or literary style.
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Aug 9, 2010 · I think the best one can say is that the Gorgias is, in part, a dialogue about political oratory, and the Menexenus is Plato’s only example of writing in that specific genre (as distinct from examples of other kinds of oratory in e.g. the Phaedrus and Symposium), an example, moreover, which, as the editor observes, ‘bears out the diagnosis ...
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 of sophists (and other guests) at a dinner gathering. Socrates debates with the sophist seeking the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to ...
The Menexenus ( / məˈnɛksənəs /; Greek: Μενέξενος) is a Socratic dialogue of Plato, traditionally included in the seventh tetralogy along with the Greater and Lesser Hippias and the Ion. The speakers are Socrates and Menexenus, who is not to be confused with Socrates' son Menexenus. The Menexenus of Plato's dialogue appears also ...
Gorgias Summary. Next. 447a-449a. Socrates (a philosopher), Chaerephon (Socrates’s follower), and Callicles (a politician) are talking outside a public building where Gorgias (a famous orator) has just given a talk. Socrates missed the lecture, but he wants to have a face-to-face dialogue with Gorgias, which his friends arrange.
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.
