Collections: Philosophy, Greeks
Genre: NONFICTION > Academic Text
The Unity of Plato鈥檚 Gorgias: Rhetoric, Justice, and the Philosophic Life
Devin Stauffer
Role: Author
Written by a Professor and Associate Chair at University of Texas Department of Government.
Devin Stauffer’s interpretation of Plato’s Gorgias sheds new light on Plato’s thought, showing that Plato and Socrates had a more favourable view of rhetoric than is usually supposed. Stauffer also challenges common assumptions concerning the character and purpose of some of Socrates’ most famous claims about justice. Written as a close study of the Gorgias, Stauffer also treats broad questions concerning Plato’s moral and political psychology and uncovers the view of the relationship between philosophy and politics that guided Plato as he wrote his dialogues.
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