Plato's Gorgias

This dialogue blends comic and serious discussion of the best life, providing a penetrating examination of ethics. Is it better to suffer evil or to do evil? Is it better to do something wrong and avoid being caught or to be caught and punished? Is pleasure the same as goodness? As the characters in the dialogue pursue these questions, the foundations of ethics and the nature of the good life come to light. © Agora Publications. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art. Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit

HH said Rhetoric appraised. The "Gorgias" looks rather elementary but, on inspection and reflection, turns out to be less so. In the main, Waterfield is a very safe and helpful guide to the meaning of Plato's words and the significance of his arguments. Waterfield's translation is preceded by an introductory essay of about "Rhetoric appraised" according to HH. The "Gorgias" looks rather elementary but, on inspection and reflection, turns out to be less so. In the main, Waterfield is a very safe and helpful guide to the meaning of Plato's words and the significance of his arguments. Waterfield's translation is preceded by an introductory essay of about 25 pages, as well as a 'select' (but, in fact, rather comprehensive) bibliography, and is followed by a further Rhetoric appraised The "Gorgias" looks rather elementary but, on inspection and reflection, turns out to be less so. In the main, Waterfield is a very safe and helpful guide to the meaning of Plato's words and the significance of his arguments. Waterfield's translation is preceded by an introductory essay of about 25 pages, as well as a 'select' (but, in fact, rather comprehensive) bibliography, and is followed by a further 30 pages of explanatory notes, addressing both philosophical and historical issues, and brief biographical comments on people mention. 0 pages of explanatory notes, addressing both philosophical and historical issues, and brief biographical comments on people mention. 5 pages, as well as a 'select' (but, in fact, rather comprehensive) bibliography, and is followed by a further Rhetoric appraised The "Gorgias" looks rather elementary but, on inspection and reflection, turns out to be less so. In the main, Waterfield is a very safe and helpful guide to the meaning of Plato's words and the significance of his arguments. Waterfield's translation is preceded by an introductory essay of about 25 pages, as well as a 'select' (but, in fact, rather comprehensive) bibliography, and is followed by a further 30 pages of explanatory notes, addressing both philosophical and historical issues, and brief biographical comments on people mention. 0 pages of explanatory notes, addressing both philosophical and historical issues, and brief biographical comments on people mention. "Rhetoric and Dialectic" according to stephen liem. I give this book 5 stars just for the 2 commentaries that contained in here. The first essay discusses rhetoric and how it is being utilized in Gorgias and in Phedrus. The second essay (that comes after the translation) discusses the Gorgias itself in greater details. I believe that if you are serious in studying Plato, you need to read the commentaries. Plato's work is complex and multi dimensional, its essence cannot be understood on the first reading or by reading the text alone without the commentaries.My interpretation of Gorgias w. The Gorgias Done Right Anyone interested in political science, Ancient Greek Thought, or Plato will want to read the Gorgias, so I will not presume to argue why it should be read, save thus: if you wish to be educated, you need books of this caliber.Translation: Arieti and Barrus have done a conservative, literal job in giving us English for Plato's Greek, and thus there is much to praise. Occasionally the literalness seems excessive, as when they routinely insert bracketed phrases not literally present in the Greek, but I have no major complaints. Plato's st