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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. Together they offer strikingly varied examples of Plato's critical encounter with the culture and politics of fifth and fourth century Athens.
- Tom Griffith
- 2009
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 ...
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Plato: Gorgias, Menexenus, Protagoras (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) 1st Edición. 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.
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Discover Plato: Gorgias, Menexenus, Protagoras, 1st Edition, Malcolm Schofield, HB ISBN: 9780521837293 on Higher Education from Cambridge
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.
Dec 21, 2009 · The Gorgias is a long and impassioned confrontation between Socrates and a succession of increasingly heated interlocutors about political rhetoric as an instrument of political power. The short Menexenus contains a pastiche of celebratory public oratory, illustrating its self-delusions.
The Gorgias (like the Menexenus) is written as drama, with parts for Socrates, Gorgias, and various other characters, notably Polus (a follower of Gorgias who has authored a book on rhetoric) and Callicles (appar-ently a rising young Athenian politician). There are few indications of time or place.
