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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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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108492215

ISBN-139781108492218

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Book TitlePlato's Gorgias : a Critical Guide

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General

IllustratorYes

GenrePhilosophy

AuthorJ. Clerk Shaw

Book SeriesCambridge Critical Guides

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN2023-053958

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal184

Table Of ContentIntroduction Clerk Shaw; 1. Gorgias of Leontini and Plato's Gorgias Josh Wilburn; 2. Ancient Readers of the Gorgias Harold Tarrant; 3. Philosophy and the Just Life in the Gorgias Hugh Benson; 4. Socrates and Coherent Desire (Gorgias 466a - 468e) Eric Brown and Clerk Shaw; 5. The Ethical Function of the Gorgias' Concluding Myth Nich Baima; 6. Shame in the Gorgias Olivier Renaut; 7. Desire and Argument in Plato's Gorgias Frisbee Sheffield; 8. Cooperation and the Search for Truth: Socrates and Callicles Terence Irwin; 9. Freedom, Pleonexia, and Persuasion in Plato's Gorgias Ryan Balot; 10. Revealing Commitments Alison Murphy; Bibliography; General index.

SynopsisPlato'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., This Critical Guide offers detailed analysis of all parts of Plato's Gorgias, together with diverse perspectives on its advocacy of a philosophical, just life as against a life of rhetoric and injustice.

LC Classification NumberB371.P53 2024