Article ID: CBB184991584

Between Rhetoric and Sophistry: The Puzzling Case of Plato’s Gorgias (2020)

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The case of Gorgias’ profession has been an object of ongoing dispute among scholars. This is mainly because in some dialogues Plato calls Gorgias a rhetorician, in others a sophist. The purpose of this article is to show that a solution only emerges in the Gorgias, where Plato presents Gorgias’ goals as a rhetorician and its associated arts. On this basis, Plato introduces a systematic division between genuine arts and fake arts, including rhetoric and sophistry, thereby identifying their conceptual differences and similarities. The paper concludes by arguing that Gorgias can be called both a rhetorician and a sophist, provided that the labeling is done from different perspectives.

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Authors & Contributors
Saul Rosenthal
Viktor Ilievski
Chang, Lian
Austin, Emily A.
Zaborowski, Robert
Sagias, G.
Concepts
Philosophy
Soul (philosophy)
Rhetoric, as a discipline
History of philosophy of science
Ethics
Metaphysics
Time Periods
Ancient
5th century
20th century
Places
Greece
Europe
Rome (Italy)
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