The Unity of Plato's 'Gorgias': Rhetoric, Justice, and the Philosophic Life

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Cambridge University Press, 10.4.2006 - 191 sivua
Devin Stauffer demonstrates the complex unity of Plato's Gorgias, through a careful analysis of the dialogue's three main sections, including Socrates' famous argumentative duel with Callicles, a passionate critic of justice and philosophy. He reveals how the seemingly disparate themes of rhetoric, justice, and the philosophic life are woven together into a coherent whole. Stauffer's interpretation of the Gorgias sheds new light on Plato's thought, indicating that Plato and Socrates had a more favorable view of rhetoric than is supposed, and challenges some of Socrates' most famous claims about justice.

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Examining the Master of Rhetoric
15
The Prelude
17
The Ensnaring of Gorgias Part One
20
The Ensnaring of Gorgias Part Two
29
Polus and the Dispute about Justice
40
Socrates Description of Rhetoric
43
Are Rhetoricians Powerful?
50
The Turn to Justice and the Socratic Thesis
55
Socrates Examination of Callicles View of Justice
92
Moderation versus Immoderation and the Question of Hedonism
102
Socrates Situation and the Rehabilitation of Rhetoric
123
Noble Rhetoric the Order of the Soul and the Socratic Thesis
127
Socrates Situation the Question of Assimilation and the Issue of SelfProtection
140
Callicles and His Heroes True Rhetoric and Socrates True Political Art
149
The Logos about the Afterlife
167
A Final Reflection on Noble Rhetoric
177

Polus Refutation of Socrates
58
Socrates Refutation of Polus
64
The Confrontation between Socrates and Callicles
82
Callicles Opening Speech
85

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Devin Stauffer is assistant professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Plato's Introduction to the Question of Justice, and coauthor and co-translator of Empire and the Ends of Politics: Plato's Menexenus and Pericles' Funeral Oration.

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