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Gorgias
was a Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician.
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Gorgias
Gorgias ,Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in Sicily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Several doxographers report that he was a pupil of Empedocles, although he would only have been a few years younger...
was a Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician.
Gorgias may also refer to:
- Gorgias (dialogue)Gorgias (dialogue)Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. In this dialogue, Socrates seeks the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to pinpoint the essence of rhetoric and unveil the flaws of the sophistic oratory popular in Athens at this time...
, an important Socratic dialogue - Gorgias (general)Gorgias (general)Gorgias was a Syrian-Seleucid General of the 2nd century BC, in the service of Antiochus Epiphanes .-Life:After Judas Maccabeus's forces defeated the Seleucid army at the Battle of Beth Horon, they were determined to send a stronger force against him. According to 1 Maccabees iii. 38, which...
(2nd century BC), Syrian-Seleucid General