speakers‚ and philosophers who were paid to use rhetoric. For the first time in history‚ philosophy became a job to earn money by selling intellectual skills. They were spin doctors of that period. There were some famous sophists such as Protagoras‚ Gorgias‚ Hippias‚ Prodicus‚ and Antiphon‚ among others. They made their living by selling their intellectual skills to those who wanted to get a professional career and could afford to learn. Sophists offered an expensive private education that poor people
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in democratic methods of governance first. However‚ the history of democracy is not what is being discussed here; we are focusing on Plato’s criticism of democracy‚ particularly with regards to the Athenian model and his writings in the Socratic dialogues. Let us continue on‚ before we veer off and lose sight of the argument. So democracy is a system of government wherein the people elect their rulers; in the case of Athens‚ it was‚ more or less‚ a direct democracy‚ where all male citizens voted
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HETORIC By: Claire Cook Young children are told simply to tell the truth. Bible verses and object lessons expose the danger of lying. Thus most hold‚ as a general principle that lying is bad. Often times‚ however‚ the grown children ignore the lessons they were taught and utter falsehoods. Not only lies corrupt the moral principle of truth. Manipulation of truth‚ rather than a boldfaced lie can be just as dangerous. Courtrooms‚ political forums‚ and even churches have become platforms
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Plato’s view of rhetoric—Ability and deception versus the genuine art Both written by the famous Greek philosopher Plato‚ Gorgias and Phaedrus share a recurring theme -- the discussion of the art of rhetoric. Through the discussions among Socrates‚ Gorgias‚ Chaerephon‚ and Polus in “Gorgias”; and Phaedrus and Socrates’ heated dialogue in Phaedrus‚ I noticed Plato’s favour towards the art of rhetoric and his disapproval against the deceptive rhetoricians. In this essay‚ I will explore Plato’s
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sophists like Hippias‚ Prodicus and the most significant Protagoras and Gorgias. Protagoras he came from Abdera and influenced Athens. He is more on grammar and language‚ a Rhetorician and knowledge about Gods. He is known for his line “Man is the measure of all things‚ of course that are‚ that they are; and of those that are not‚ that they are not.” He speaks things opposed to being and of doxa or the opinion of mortals. Gorgias a great Greek orator was from Leontini in Sicily. His book “On Non-being”
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good and to do the good but first one must know the distinction between good and bad; one must act it out in their life. Socrates uses dialectic methods which meant he never wrote anything down but instead used dialogue to allow people to fully understand a universal truth. His form of dialogue consisted of him repeatedly asking questions ironically to try and establish the truth of the matter. The people he would be conversing with would eventually realise that they were ignorant or oblivious to the
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ability to have significant impact on others. Both philosophers hold radically different notions of reality. As a result‚ Plato is antagonistic towards the function of rhetoric in his dialogue Gorgias and ambivalent. Similar to Aristotle‚ Plato is concerned with the pursuit of truth. Nevertheless‚ in Plato’s dialogues he views rhetoric as a way to misrepresent truth as he states in his criticism of the sophists. On the other hand‚ Aristotle views Rhetoric as both a means to find truth on par with
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words explain the distinction being made between belief and knowledge in the given dialogue. Then explain what the importance of this distinction is. In Gorgias‚ Plato uses a conversation between two men to lay the groundwork for knowledge and belief‚ suggesting that everything is subjective when it comes to these words‚ and their definitions are open for much interpretation past their most simplest of meanings. Gorgias is meant as a guideline in which we can decide whether or not an object‚ idea‚
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Compare and contrast Aristotle’s concept of the good with Plato’s. Assess the merits of Aristotle’s concept of the good against Plato’s. Throughout history‚ people have searched for knowledge of the good‚ and have attempted to clarify what is meant when referring to this. Enquiries after a true concept of the good are made so that it is possible for moral frameworks to be built upon them. Interpretations of the good affect views‚ approaches to morality and structures within societies. For instance
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The Life of Plato Co-authored with Christopher Planeaux Plato was born around the year 428 BCE into an established Athenian household with a rich history of political connections -- including distant relations to both Solon and Pisistratus. Plato’s parents were Ariston and Perictone‚ his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon‚ and his younger sister was Potone. In keeping with his family heritage‚ Plato was destined for the political life. But the Peloponnesian War‚ which began a couple
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