Gorgias
By Plato
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Plato (aprox. 424-327 BC), a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle, is commonly regarded as the centermost figure of Western philosophy. During the Classical period of Ancient Greece he was based in Athens where he founded his Academy and created the Platonist school of thought. His works are among the most influential in Western history, commanding interest and challenging readers of every era and background since they were composed.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A little note light compared to more recent penguin editions of this sort of thing, but a fair trade off for the quality of the translation. Clearly written and does well at bringing out the speakers' tone. Socrates is in fine fettle in this dialogue, angry and sarcastic, and you can see how annoying he must have been. There's some really nice stuff relating to his death in the argument with Callicles, but that with Polus is the stand out argument for me. The idea that it's better to suffer wrong than inflict it is a reversal so huge it's really Socrates' version of turning the tables in the temple. My favourite bit though was the equation of crime with illness. I did something a few years ago that, not being illegal in this country, I wasn't punished for. I've never really come to terms with it because I never got to take my medicine.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Definitely the most engaging of Plato's dialogues that I've read. Socrates' sarcasm is off the charts, and he just destroys his Sophist opponents.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Argument after argument can be proved wrong, but just one holds its ground—that we have to take greater care to avoid doing wrong than we do to avoid suffering wrong, and that above all else we must concentrate not on making people believe that we're good, but on being good, in our private lives as well as in public.Solid translation with great commentary.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5We should devote all our own and our community's energies towards ensuring the presence of justice and self-discipline, and so guaranteeing happiness.
So Socrates wanted to make Athens great again and along the way gave the pundits and consultants the what for. His argument is measured and allows the three stooges to defeat their own assertions in fits of bumbling exasperation. The virtues of work and health are explored with nary a word about the lamp above the Golden Door. This notion of moderation was embraced during the Enlightenment but has recently fell from grace Quoting The Tick, Evil wears every possible mitten. That said the argument of the good, the moral hinges here on a tiny necessity, the afterworld , a world of never ending happiness, you can always see the sun, day or night.
Well the current corruption of these words Good and Great have launched their own raid on the Dialogues. Plato asserts most of politics is flattery and power. Socrates knew that and wound up on a state sponsored trip across the Styx.
All we can do is resist. Resist. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A solid Platonic dialogue.