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Notes on Plato’s Gorgias, Part 11

19-7-2024 < Counter Currents 24 200 words
 



Plato’s Academy as depicted on tiles found at Pompeii, which dates to circa 100 BC.


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Part 11 of 14 (Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here, Part 6 here, Part 7 here, Part 8 here, Part 9 here, Part 10 here)


After beating Polus, Socrates continued to badger him with intentionally provocative and paradoxical arguments until Callicles cuts in. The conversation between Socrates and Callicles takes up the rest of the Gorgias.






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