introduction to the gorgias
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How ought we to live?
How ought we to live?A theoretical question: What is the purpose of life? What does it all mean?
How ought we to live?A theoretical question: What is the purpose of life? What does it all mean?
Also a practical question: What institutions do we need, and how should they operate? What forms of thought, action, and communication should we adopt? What should we be doing on a day-to-day basis — as individuals and socially?
The Greek Reinvention: New Forms of LifeDemocracy
The Greek Reinvention: New Forms of LifeDemocracy Drama
The Greek Reinvention: New Forms of LifeDemocracy Drama
The Academy
The Greek Reinvention: New Forms of Communication
Democracy DramaRhetoric:
the language of action
The Academy
Democracy Drama
The Academy
Rhetoric:the language of
action
Poetry: the language of
emotion
The Greek Reinvention: New Forms of Communication
Democracy Drama
The Academy
Rhetoric:the language of
action
Poetry: the language of
emotion
Philosophy:the language of
reason
The Greek Reinvention: New Forms of Communication
Democracy Drama
The Academy
Rhetoric:the language of
action
Poetry: the language of
emotion
Philosophy:the language of
reason
the GOOD the BEAUTIFUL
the TRUE
The Greek Reinvention: New Forms of Communication
How ought we to live?For Plato, the answer to the question “How ought we to live?” is “Justly.” Justice ought to be the ultimate purpose of all of our endeavors; it is justice that gives meaning to life.
How ought we to live?For Plato, the answer to the question “How ought we to live?” is “Justly.” Justice ought to be the ultimate purpose of all of our endeavors; it is justice that gives meaning to life.
What is justice? The harmonious (hence beautiful) union of the true and the good.
How ought we to live?Socrates
How ought we to live?Why, then, does Plato prefer philosophical discourse to rhetoric (and also to poetry)? What, in Plato’s view, makes the discourse of philosophy more likely to bring about justice? What makes rhetorical discourse less likely to bring about justice?
How ought we to live?Why, then, does Plato prefer philosophical discourse to rhetoric (and also to poetry)? What, in Plato’s view, makes the discourse of philosophy more likely to bring about justice? What makes rhetorical discourse less likely to bring about justice?
Why do you suppose that Plato chooses to compose in this specific genre, i.e., the dialogue?