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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 170 EAN: 9780140449044 Edition: Revised ISBN: 0140449043 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: June 29, 2004 Publisher: Penguin Classics Release Date: June 29, 2004 Studio: Penguin Classics Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Taking the form of a dialogue among Socrates, Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles, the Gorgias debates crucial questions about the nature of government. While the aspiring politician Callicles propounds the view that might is right, and the rhetorician Gorgias argues that oratory and the power to persuade represent the greatest good, Socrates insists on the duty of politicians to consider the welfare of their citizensa duty he believed had been dishonored in the Athens of his time. The dialogue offers fascinating insights into how classical Athens was governed and creates a theoretical framework that has been highly influential on subsequent political debate. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - out of stockI did not receive the item because they were out of stock, so I really can not rate the service. This is the first time that I have bought from this particular company, so I have no comment. However, if i was to rate this particular occasion, i would give it a 1 because I could not get what i wanted. Rating: - Talks About Rhetoric Versus PhilosophyI've been reading some of Plato's diologues to find out more about Plato himself. I consider these books to be light reading. They have a certain charm and you can relate to the various speakers of which Socrates is the main one for the dialogues I have read so far. The main point here is comparing rhetoric or the art of verbal persuasion to philosophy. Socrates' two great loves were beautiful boys and philosophy so you can guess which side Socrates was on. ... Read More Rating:  - A great translationNichols' translation of Gorgias is indeed impressive. I have heard and read other translations of Gorgias- but the word choice of those other translation is too unadmirable(like "knack"-a word that is not fitted with Platonic dialogues). Nichols keeps consistent and easily understandable words. He doesn't go about saying "smart" words- unlike others who seem to try and exhaust their vocab. before they finish the work. Rating: - A great introduction to Plato's philosophyThis is one of my favorite Socratic dialogues. The evidence suggests that Plato wrote it soon after the execution of Socrates, and while I would not say there is a bitter edge to this Gorgias dialogue, I can definitely say that the exchanges do get a little lively at times. At one point, I could almost hear the voices of Socrates and Polus being raised as they argued. Another positive aspect of this dialogue is the fact that it is comparatively easy to understand. Socrates does not start spouting ... Read More Rating: - Excellent introduction to moral philosophyPlato's Gorgias is one of the masterpieces not just of the Western, but of any Canon, and Waterfield's translation for Oxford World's Classics adds an informative introduction and many helpful explanatory notes. I have used this text for years in my ethics classes, and every time I read it I come away with something new. Plato pits Socrates, the defender of moral realism, against three opponents who represent varying degrees of moral relativism: Gorgias, the Elder Statesman of Sophistry, Polus, a young ... Read More 
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