Plato 428? BCE-348? BCE creator Jowett, Benjamin 1817-1893 text utu 1999 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Gorgias" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue written around 380 BC. Through probing questions at a dinner gathering, Socrates challenges self-proclaimed teachers of rhetoric about the true nature of their craft. Is rhetoric an art or merely flattery? Can persuasive speech be moral without philosophy? The dialogue explores whether the power of words serves truth and justice, or simply pleasure and political advantage, as Socrates confronts the celebrated rhetoricians of Athens. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Socrates Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgias_(dialogue) Release date is 1999-03-01 Sue Asscher Original publication data not identified Classical literature Political science -- Early works to 1800 Ethics -- Early works to 1800 B PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1672 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1672 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133048.0 1672