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  • proper noun Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician.

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  • I don't believe that Gorgias is likely to be in it, but I don't know the details.

    Discourse.net: A Good Omen (Herein of Torts) 2009

  • (Hesiod, “Works and Days,” 40 and 266.) are of near kin to what we find in the determination of Plato, in his books entitled Gorgias and Concerning the Commonwealth, to wit, that it is worse to do than to suffer injury, and that a man more endamageth himself when he hurts another, than he would be damnified if he were the sufferer.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • It has been said that the most characteristic feature of the Gorgias is the assertion of the right of dissent, or private judgment.

    Gorgias 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

  • SOCRATES: Would you like me to answer you after the manner of Gorgias, which is familiar to you?

    Meno 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

  • And I would still beg you briefly and clearly, as you answered Chaerephon when he asked you at first, to say what this art is, and what we ought to call Gorgias: Or rather,

    Gorgias 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

  • In the dialogues known as Gorgias, he indicates that the moral good should be that which makes us happy and, further, that we are happy when we are doing what is good for the community.

    OnMilwaukee.com 2009

  • For all those opposed to the death penalty I suggest they read Plato's "Gorgias".

    Happy Fourth of July! 2009

  • In Plato's "Gorgias," Socrates says, "The ship-master walks in a modest garb near the sea, after bringing his passengers from Aegina or from Pontus, not thinking he has done anything extraordinary, and certainly knowing that his passengers are the same, and in no respect better than when he took them on board."

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various

  • "Gorgias," 484 E. [605] Reading with Reiske, [Greek: misthon autô dounai tô mikron siôpêsai mê dynamenos].

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

  • [16] He was asked by Polus, see Plato, "Gorgias," p. 290, F. [17] "Hippolytus," 986-989.

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

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