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Notes on Plato’s Gorgias, Part 1: Setting the Scene

11-6-2024 < Counter Currents 27 147 words
 



Gorgias of Leontini


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Part 1 of 10


An ancient commentator on Aristotle tells a story about a farmer who got ahold of Plato’s Gorgias and was so stunned that he gave up the life of farming, trudged to Athens, looked up Plato, and put his soul in Plato’s care.






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