Project Gutenberg 2018-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 85 Plato -428 -348 Πλάτων Forsman, Kaarlo 1851 1918 Koskimies, Kaarlo Gorgias Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgias_(dialogue) E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen "Gorgias" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written in the 4th century BC. The text features discussions on rhetoric, ethics, and the nature of power, primarily through the characters Socrates and Gorgias, a celebrated sophist. The dialogue critically examines the persuasive techniques of sophists and contrasts them with a search for genuine knowledge and virtue. The opening of "Gorgias" introduces the historical context of Greek philosophy, highlighting the transition from mythological understanding to rational inquiry. Plato sets the stage with a preface that discusses the role of sophists like Gorgias, who, with their rhetoric, shaped public discourse in Athens. At the start, Gorgias is portrayed as a master orator, with Socrates questioning his ideas on the nature of justice and the ethical implications of rhetoric. This establishes a framework for exploring the relationship between persuasion and truth, suggesting that mere eloquence can be dangerous if detached from moral substance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 39.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Classical literature Political science -- Early works to 1800 Ethics -- Early works to 1800 B PA Text Category: Classics of Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 467069 2025-06-22T16:34:48.675757 text/html 466890 466823 2024-12-23T14:22:47.786799 2023-09-24T12:36:22.965450 text/html text/html 220292 2025-06-22T16:34:56.011699 application/epub+zip 226353 2025-06-22T16:34:50.582706 application/epub+zip 226353 2025-06-22T16:34:49.378728 application/epub+zip 358334 2025-06-22T16:34:59.953654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336800 2025-06-22T16:34:55.201705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316624 2022-08-25T16:52:56.239745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426061 2025-06-22T16:34:48.218780 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 407552 2018-05-12T09:43:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19381 2025-06-22T16:35:00.107665 application/rdf+xml 7126 2025-06-22T16:34:49.940713 image/jpeg 2110 2025-06-22T16:34:49.649710 image/jpeg 156949 2018-05-12T09:43:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 217020 2025-06-22T16:34:48.717718 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia