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Gorgias

by Plato Book 7 in the Penguin Classics: Ancient World series.

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Plato’s Gorgias stages a confrontation between Socrates and advocates of rhetoric, power and political success. The dialogue asks whether persuasive speech can be separated from justice, and whether the life of public influence is morally superior to the examined life.

Historical Periods

Classical Greece480–323 BCE Athenian Democracy508–322 BCE Platonic Philosophy and the Academy399–347 BCE

Genres

Classical Literature

Historical people

Socrates471 BCE–400 BCE Platoc. 420s BCE–c. 340s BCE

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