Plato's Arguments On Rhetoric

Rhetoric has the potential for harm and good – thus, there is a sense of responsibility here, and Plato much like his teacher Socrates sees this morality as essential. The irony is that Plato’s arguments against rhetoric are examples of rhetoric. Plato is a rhetorician for this very reason. Plato’s position on rhetoric and philosophy are discovered in his work the Apology using the character of Socrates as a means to put his ideas across. Plato’s Socrates’ claims that Sophists—those who make the weaker argument stronger and who are one the side of rhetoric are interested only in beliefs and opinions about justice and not justice itself. Plato’s main concern about the sophists: They claim to teach about justice while having no real knowledge