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Illinois Classical Studies, 2022
Abstract In this essay I use Socrates's aside to Callicles at Gorgias 481c5–82b1 to argue that love is essential to philosophy on Plato's conception. On my reading, Plato uses the drama of the dialogue to critique the discussion therein against a standard for philosophy that is implicit in Socrates's remarks. Plato suggests that Socrates'
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Abstract In this essay I use Socrates's aside to Callicles at Gorgias 481c5–82b1 to argue that love is essential to philosophy on Plato's conception. On my reading, Plato uses the drama of the dialogue to critique the discussion therein against a standard for philosophy that is implicit in Socrates's remarks. Plato suggests that Socrates'
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Classical Antiquity, 1993
From the older handbooks to the more recent scholarly literature, Gorgias's professions about his art (not to say about reality) are taken literally at their word: conjured up in all of these accounts is the image of a hearer irresistibly overwhelmed by Gorgias's apagogic and psychagogic persuasions.
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From the older handbooks to the more recent scholarly literature, Gorgias's professions about his art (not to say about reality) are taken literally at their word: conjured up in all of these accounts is the image of a hearer irresistibly overwhelmed by Gorgias's apagogic and psychagogic persuasions.
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Phronesis, 2010
AbstractIn this paper I try to solve some problems concerning the interpretation of Socrates’ conversation with Gorgias about the nature of rhetoric in Plato’s Gorgias (448e6-461b2). I begin by clarifying what, ethically, is at stake in the conversation (section 2).
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AbstractIn this paper I try to solve some problems concerning the interpretation of Socrates’ conversation with Gorgias about the nature of rhetoric in Plato’s Gorgias (448e6-461b2). I begin by clarifying what, ethically, is at stake in the conversation (section 2).
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Socrates questions Gorgias: The rhetorical vector of Plato's ?Gorgias?
Argumentation, 1991This essay argues that Plato's “Gorgias,” a dialogue lauding dialectic over rhetoric, uses a question-and-answer format as a heuristic of argument. Specific observations are advanced to explain the implications of Plato's techniques and to provide a more sensitive understanding of the process by which sought to gain the adherence of his readers.
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1995
AbstractThe purpose of chapter 7 is to outline the role played by the Gorgias in the development of Plato’s ethical views. To start with, the characteristics and the peculiarities of rhetoric are evaluated. Then, it is presented how Socrates, although he attacks Callicles’ hedonism, maintains an instrumentalist conception according to which virtues are
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AbstractThe purpose of chapter 7 is to outline the role played by the Gorgias in the development of Plato’s ethical views. To start with, the characteristics and the peculiarities of rhetoric are evaluated. Then, it is presented how Socrates, although he attacks Callicles’ hedonism, maintains an instrumentalist conception according to which virtues are
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