01677cam a22003493u 4500 57145 UtSlPG 20260610134321.0 m cr n 260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fi iso639-1 B PA Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE Gorgias Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2018 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgias_(dialogue) Release date is 2018-05-12 E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen "Gorgias" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue written around 380 BC. In this work, Socrates confronts self-proclaimed teachers of rhetoric at a dinner gathering, challenging their claims about the art of persuasion. Through pointed questioning, he explores whether rhetoric is truly a craft or merely flattery, examines its moral implications, and investigates the relationship between persuasive speech and truth. The dialogue reveals tensions between philosophical inquiry and the popular rhetorical education valued in classical Athens. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Classical literature Political science -- Early works to 1800 Ethics -- Early works to 1800 Koskimies, Kaarlo, 1851-1918 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57145 97976 97976