Gorgias.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 3237 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 278 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 1997 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251799193 |
Bilingual collection. The Gorgias is undoubtedly the most animated and ferocious of Plato's dialogues. Through the discussion between Socrates and the sophist Gorgias and the incredible rhetorician Callicles, Plato takes philosophy to a place where it was least expected: into assemblies, courts, and public discussions where the question of the "best way to live" is posed. Contrary to Athenian rhetoric, philosophy claims the exclusive pretension of being the only ethical discourse. Whether it is a question of pleasures, which can only truly be enjoyed on the condition of mastering and knowing them, or of the care of the city, which requires a government capable of improving citizens, philosophy here asserts its competence to order behavior. Probably written at the time when Plato was founding the Academy in Athens (around 387), the Gorgias aims to be the ethical protocol of a political commitment; it therefore debates the conditions of governing oneself and others.
Bilingual collection. The Gorgias is undoubtedly the most animated and ferocious of Plato's dialogues. Through the discussion between Socrates and the sophist Gorgias and the incredible rhetorician Callicles, Plato takes philosophy to a place where it was least expected: into assemblies, courts, and public discussions where the question of the "best way to live" is posed. Contrary to Athenian rhetoric, philosophy claims the exclusive pretension of being the only ethical discourse. Whether it is a question of pleasures, which can only truly be enjoyed on the condition of mastering and knowing them, or of the care of the city, which requires a government capable of improving citizens, philosophy here asserts its competence to order behavior. Probably written at the time when Plato was founding the Academy in Athens (around 387), the Gorgias aims to be the ethical protocol of a political commitment; it therefore debates the conditions of governing oneself and others.