Plato's Gorgias: a critical guide

Plato's Gorgias depicts a conversation between Socrates and a number of guests, which centers on the question of how one should live. This "choice of lives" is presented both as a choice between philosophy and ordinary political rhetoric, and as a choice between justice and injustice....

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Other Authors: Shaw, J. Clerk 1977- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:Cambridge critical guides
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Summary:Plato's Gorgias depicts a conversation between Socrates and a number of guests, which centers on the question of how one should live. This "choice of lives" is presented both as a choice between philosophy and ordinary political rhetoric, and as a choice between justice and injustice. The essays in this Critical Guide offer detailed analyses of each of the main candidates in the choice of lives, and of how the advocates for these ways of life understand and argue with each other. Several essays also relate the Gorgias to the philosophical and political context of its time and place. Together, these features of the volume illuminate the interpretive issues in the Gorgias and enable readers to achieve a thorough understanding of the philosophical issues which the work raises
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Ancient readers of the Gorgias / Harold Tarrant -- Shame in the Gorgias / Olivier Renaut -- Revealing commitments / Alison Murphy
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 225 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108679176
DOI:10.1017/9781108679176

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