The dialogue between Socrates and Gorgias serves as a crucial foundation for understanding the themes of rhetoric and its implications in Plato's Gorgias. While often overlooked in favor of Socrates' later discussions with Polus and Callicles, this initial conversation is argued to be a key prelude that encapsulates the essence of the entire dialogue. The study challenges traditional interpretations, emphasizing the significance of this exchange in conveying Plato's philosophical message about rhetoric.
Yosef Z. Liebersohn Livres



For a skeptical peripatetic
- 370pages
- 13 heures de lecture
This book celebrates the renowned Classical scholar, Prof. John Glucker, whose work has influenced many areas of research in Greek philosophy, Classical literature, and the reception of the Classics in modern scholarship. This collection of articles, written especially for this volume by some of the leading scholars in the field, concentrates on ethics in the Classical period and its reception in the modern era.
The dispute concerning rhetoric in Hellenistic thought
- 223pages
- 8 heures de lecture
Diese Studie rekonstruiert die hellenistische philosophische Debatte über die Rhetorik. In der heterogenen Quellenlage gelingt es Liebersohn, zwei Phasen in den Debatten um den Wert der Rhetorik und zwei Typen von Debatten zu unterscheiden: eine innerphilosophische und eine zwischen Philosophen und Rhetoren. Zunächst wird das genaue Umfeld dieses Disputs untersucht, also die Orte, Daten und Personen. Im Anschluss werden fünf Hauptargumente gegen Rhetorik rekonstruiert, die alle vom Anspruch der Rhetorik, zu den Künsten zu gehören, ausgehen. Diese fünf Gegenargumente sind: the exclusivity of teaching argument; the falsa argument; the benefit argument; the end argument; the materia argument.