TY - BOOK AU - Plato AU - Koskimies,Kaarlo TI - Gorgias AV - BPA PY - 2018/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Classical literature KW - Political science -- Early works to 1800 KW - Ethics -- Early works to 1800 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgias_(dialogue); Release date is 2018-05-12; E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen; Original publication data not identified N2 - "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.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57145 ER -