| #33449 in Books | Plato | 1998-09-11 | Original language:Greek | PDF # 1 | 8.90 x.50 x5.90l,.52 | File type: PDF | 168 pages | Gorgias||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Rhetoric and Dialectic|By 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 th
With a masterful sense of the place of rhetoric in both thought and practice and an ear attuned to the clarity, natural simplicity, and charm of Plato's Greek prose, James H. Nichols, Jr., offers a precise yet unusually readable translation of one of the great Platonic dialogues on rhetoric. The Gorgias presents an intransigent argument that justice is superior to injustice―to the extent that suffering an injustice is preferable to committing an unjust act. The dialogu...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Gorgias (Agora Editions) | Plato. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
