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Gorgias
by Plato
Rhetoric versus philosophy, Callicles' might makes right, and Socrates' claim that suffering injustice is better than doing it. Fierce and relevant.
Read it if…
you want Plato on power, persuasion and justice.
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Skip it if…
you want a gentle dialogue.
Try instead: Protagoras →
Three things you will actually use
- Rhetoric without truth is flattery.
- Better to suffer wrong than do it.
- Power is not the good.
Do this first
Read the Callicles section.
Our verdict
Plato's Gorgias.
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