Plato's Gorgias

Name: Plato's Gorgias
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Plato
ISBN: 9781518934070

Author: Plato

Narrator: Ray Childs

Unabridged: 3 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: AB Publishing

Published: 09/06/2016

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Epistemology, Good & Evil

Synopsis

Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students, promising to teach them how to become leaders in politics and business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art. 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.
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About Plato

Plato (427-347 B.C.) was a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer, and student of Socrates. Most of his works, which form some of the core foundations of Western philosophy, are written in the form of dialogues, in which Socrates often figures prominently. His best-known writings include the Republic, the Apology, the Symposium, Crito, and Statesman. Plato's work addresses such diverse themes as the nature of love, human knowledge and understanding, and the ideal form of government.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Riku on August 17, 2017

A Starker Dialogue Gorgias is very similar in structure, content, focus and argument with the Republic. In fact, it comes across almost a half-formed version of it, and scholars argue that it is in many ways like an early sketch for Republic. But unlike the Republic, which forays into metaphysics and......more

Goodreads review by Old Dog on February 23, 2023

It’s hard to say exactly which of Plato’s dialogues is the most relevant to the modern reader, but I think Gorgias would be a major contender. This Platonic dialogue takes place between Socrates and a small group of sophists as well as some other guests at a dinner party. What starts off as a defini......more

Goodreads review by Jonfaith on February 06, 2017

We should devote all our own and our community's energies towards ensuring the presence of justice and self-discipline, and so guaranteeing happiness. So Socrates wanted to make Athens great again and along the way gave the pundits and consultants the what for. His argument is measured and allows the......more