Gorgias (Plato)
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Gorgias (Plato)
| Author | Plato |
|---|---|
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Plato’s dialogue in which Socrates takes on the rhetorician Gorgias, his pupil Polus and the politician Callicles over whether rhetoric is an art or a knack for flattery, whether committing injustice is worse than suffering it, and what a life is for. Callicles’ case — that conventional justice restrains the strong and the naturally superior should simply rule — is the most forceful statement of the position Plato spends the rest of his work answering. |
Gorgias (Plato)
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List (March 2026), opening the Classical Greek Political Philosophy section, whose stated purpose is to “transcend the parochialism of time and place.” The companion entry The Unity of Plato’s Gorgias sits directly beneath it. Full transcription: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
About this edition
Composed in the fourth century BC; the list gives no translator.
Connections
- Plato — the author.
- Socrates — the dialogue’s protagonist.
- Rhetoric — the art the dialogue puts on trial.
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.