1) Dialogue of Plato 2) Given name
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Gorgias (s; Γοργίας, anc; c. 485 – c. 380 BC), called `the Nihilist,` was a Greek sophist, Italiote, pre-Socratic philosopher and rhetorician who was a native of Leontini in Sicily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Several doxographers report that he was a pupil of Empedocles, although he would only have.....
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(from the article `Greek literature`) ...to be used on both sides in imaginary cases of homicide. In them ideas are expressed concerning bloodguilt and the duty of vengeance. Antiphon`s ... ...to death all male citizens of the small Thracian city of Scione. Isocrates was deeply moved by a desire to see Greece united and at peace and was...
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(from the article `Plato`) The Gorgias, the Protagoras, and the Meno, like several of the lesser dialogues, give prominence to ethical and political themes. The Gorgias begins ... ...nature was made. In its extreme form the appeal involved the throwing off of all restraints upon self-interest and the desires of the individual ... ......
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(c. 483-c. 380 BC) Greek orator and sophist from Sicily. He was the subject of a dialogue by
Plato, who was deeply critical of his cynical view of the powers of persuasion. Gorgias was renowned for his obscure and...
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(c. 480 - c. 375 B.C.) Celebrated orator, rhetorician and philosopher from Leontini in Sicily. He was numbered among the leading Sophists. He spent the major part of his long life in Greece, particularly in Athens. The Platonic dialogue bearing his name indicates in some measure the high esteem in which he was held. -- L.E.D.
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