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Gorgiasby Plato, C.J. Emlyn-Jones, Chris Emlyn-Jones
ISBN
0140449043 / 9780140449044 / 0-14-044904-3
Publisher Penguin Group USA Language English Edition Softcover List price $9.00 › Find signed collectible books: 'Gorgias' |
Taking the form of a dialogue among Socrates, Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles, the Gorgias debates crucial questions about the nature of government. While the aspiring politician Callicles propounds the view that might is right, and the rhetorician Gorgias argues that oratory and the power to persuade represent "the greatest good," Socrates insists on the duty of politicians to consider the welfare of their citizens-a duty he believed had been dishonored in the Athens of his time. The dialogue offers fascinating insights into how classical Athens was governed and creates a theoretical framework that has been highly influential on subsequent political debate. A revised edition of Walter Hamilton's distinguished translation, with new editorial material Includes chronology, glossary, index, and suggestions for further reading [via]