Download or read book Gorgias Owc written by Plato, and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle which Plato has Socrates recommend to his interlocutors in Gorgias - and to his readers - is the struggle to overcome the temptations of worldly success and to concentrate on genuine morality. Ostensibly an enquiry into the value of rhetoric, the dialogue soon becomes an investigation into the value of these two contrasting ways of life. In a series of dazzling and bold arguments, Plato attempts to establish that only morality can bring a person true happiness, and to demolish alternative viewpoints. It is not suprising that Gorgias is one of Plato's most widely read dialogues. Philosophers read it for its coverage of central moral issues; others enjoy its vividness, clarity and occasional bitter humour. This new translation is accompanied by explanatory notes and an informative introduction. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Download or read book The Gorgias of Plato written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gorgias written by Plato and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book Gorgias written by Plato and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nature of Rhetoric “If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.” - Gorgias, Plato Gorgias is dialogue written by Plato, based on a conversation between Socrates and a small group of sophists at a dinner gathering, where Socrates debates with the sophist seeking the true definition of rhetoric. It is a study of virtue founded upon an inquiry into the nature of rhetoric, art, power, temperance, justice, and good versus evil.
Download or read book The Gorgias of Plato written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gorgias Sophist and Artist written by Scott Porter Consigny and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristophanes depicted him as a barbaric sycophant, Plato as a shallow opportunist, and Aristotle as an inept stylist, but the Greek teacher of rhetoric Gorgias of Leontini (483-375 BCE) has been again attracting attention from scholars. Consigny (English, Iowa State U.) articulates a coherent account of the enigmatic thinker and writer. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Plato s Gorgias written by Mário Jorge de Carvalho and published by Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though at first it may seem to deal with rather specific questions concerning rhetoric, Plato’s Gorgias turns out to be about human life, and what is at stake in it. This apparent “change of subject” – or rather this ambiguity in the dialogue’s subjectmatter – has to do with the fact that the Gorgias is very much like a labyrinth: puzzling, intricate, made of multiple meandering paths in which one can easily get lost, and full of deviations which turn this way and that, of entrances that seem to be dead ends, and of dizzying turns that distort all sense of direction.
Download or read book Plato s Gorgias written by Plato and published by Agora Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students, promising to teach them how to become leaders in politics & business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art. This dialogue blends comic & serious discussion of the best human life, providing a penetrating examination of ethics
Download or read book Commentary on Plato s Gorgias written by Olympiodorus (the Younger, of Alexandria) and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1998 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a modern, annotated translation of antiquity's only extant commentary on Plato's moral and political dialogue "Gorgias," in which the author defends ancient Greek philosophy and culture at a time when Christianity has almost replaced it. The first translation into any modern language of a central work in Platonic studies is accompanied by annotations which guide the reader in understanding the obscurities of the text, an introduction to the main issues raised by it, and a bibliography of the modern literature.
Download or read book Plato s Gorgias written by – Plato and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students, promising to teach them how to become leaders in politics and business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art. This dialogue blends comic and serious discussion of the best life, providing a penetrating examination of ethics. Is it better to suffer evil or to do evil? Is it better to do something wrong and avoid being caught or to be caught and punished? Is pleasure the same as goodness? As the characters in the dialogue pursue these questions, the foundations of ethics and the nature of the good life come to light. Plato lived in Athens, Greece. He wrote approximately two-dozen dialogues that explore core topics that are essential to all human beings. Although the historical Socrates was a strong influence on Plato, the character by that name that appears in many of his dialogues is a product of Plato’s fertile imagination. All of Plato’s dialogues are written in a poetic form that his student Aristotle called "Socratic dialogue." In the twentieth century, the British philosopher and logician Alfred North Whitehead characterized the entire European philosophical tradition as "a series of footnotes to Plato." Philosophy for Plato was not a set of doctrines but a goal — not the possession of wisdom but the love of wisdom. Agora Publications offers these performances based on the assumption that Plato wrote these works to be performed by actors in order to stimulate additional dialogue among those who listen to them.
Download or read book Gorgias and Timaeus written by Plato and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgias addresses the temptations of success and the rewards of a moral life while Timaeus explains the world in terms not only of physical laws but also of metaphysical and religious principles.
Download or read book The Gorgias of Plato written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Gorgias Annotated written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue written Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group of sophists at a dinner gathering.
Download or read book Gorgias by Plato written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-21 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC.The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group of sophists at a dinner gathering.
Download or read book Gorgias Encomium of Helen written by Gorgias and published by Bristol Classical Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encomium of Helen is thought to have been the demonstration piece of the Ancient Greek sophist, Presocratic philosopher and rhetorician, Gorgias. In this edition Malcolm MacDowell provides a useful introduction, the Greek text, his own English translation, and commentary.
