Plato's Gorgias and the power of Λόγος Duke, George 2018, Plato's Gorgias and the power of Λόγος, Archiv für geschichte der philosophie, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 1-18, doi: 10.1515/agph-2018-0001. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Plato's Gorgias and the power of Λόγος Alternative title Plato's Gorgias and the power of Logos Author(s) Duke, George orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-456X Journal name Archiv für geschichte der philosophie Volume number 100 Issue number 1 Start page 1 End page 18 Total pages 18 Publisher De Gruyter Place of publication Berlin, Germany Publication date 2018 ISSN 0003-9101 Keyword(s) philosophy Plato Gorgias Λόγος justice rhetoric political domain power Summary Abstract: Recent interpretations of the opening exchange between Socrates and Gorgias in Plato’s Gorgias have tended to focus on the question of whether the rhetorician believes that justice and injustice are the subject matter of rhetoric. This paper argues that Gorgias is interested in the just and the unjust only insofaras being a persuasive speaker on these topics is a prerequisite for the successful exercise of power in the political domain. Although Gorgias’ orientation by power and overestimation of the power of speech have been noted by many interpreters, my intention is to clarify Gorgias’ claims for the power of rhetoric and explain the significance of these claims for one important aspect of Plato’s broader condemnationof sophistry. Language eng DOI 10.1515/agph-2018-0001 Field of Research 220210 History of Philosophy 2202 History And Philosophy Of Specific Fields 2203 Philosophy HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©[2018, De Gruyter] Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30105822 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 13 Jan 2018, 12:37:57 EST Sun, 14 Jan 2018, 04:00:15 EST Mon, 15 Jan 2018, 07:43:54 EST Wed, 07 Mar 2018, 05:03:29 EST Tue, 20 Mar 2018, 07:54:48 EST Tue, 20 Mar 2018, 07:57:01 EST Tue, 20 Mar 2018, 07:57:40 EST Sat, 14 Apr 2018, 02:33:23 EST Sat, 07 Jul 2018, 02:31:16 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 65 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sat, 13 Jan 2018, 12:37:57 EST

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