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Gorgias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gorgias (Greek: ) "the Nihilist", Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in Sicily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Severa...
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Gorgias (dialogue) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brief article on his life and thought, from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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Like the Phaedrus, the Gorgias has puzzled students of Plato by the appearance of two or more subjects. Under the cover of rhetoric higher themes are introduced; the argument expands into a general view of the good and evil of man.
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Gorgias was a Sicilian philosopher, orator, and rhetorician. He is considered by many scholars to be one of the founders of sophism, a movement traditionally associated with philosophy, that emphasizes the practical application of rhetoric toward civic and political life.
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Teachers of philosophy in Ancient Greece, including Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus and Hippias. ... Some, like Gorgias, asserted that it was not necessary to have any knowledge of a subject to give satisfactory replies as regards it. Thus, Gorgias ostentatiously answered any question on any subject instantly and...
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Gorgias (483-376 BC) was a Sophist from Leontini, Sicily who first traveled to Athens in 427 as an ambassador from his city. ... After successfully soliciting aid from the Athenians against Syracuse, Gorgias returned to Greece, where he became known as the "father of all Sophists." While in Greece, Gorgias earned more...
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