Gorgias, 9780199540327
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True happiness: Morality versus worldly success in Plato’s timeless dialogue.
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Summary

Gorgias: The Pursuit of True Happiness

The struggle that Plato has Socrates recommend in Gorgias is the struggle to overcome the temptations of worldly success and concentrate on genuine morality.

Ostensibly an enquiry into the value of rhetoric, the dialogue soon becomes an investigation into the value of these two contrasting ways of life. In a series of dazzling and bold arguments, Plato attempts to establish that only morality can bring a person true happiness a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199540327
ISBN-10:0199540322
Author:Plato, Robin Waterfield
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:30 June 2008
Weight:162g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 11mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
About The Author

Plato

Robin Waterfield was commissioning editor at Penguin between 1988-91, and now works as a consultant editor for Collins Harvill, freelance translator, and writer of children’s books. His acclaimed translations of Plato include Philebus (1982), Theaetus (1987), Early Socratic Dialogues (1987), Republic (1993), and Symposium (1994). He lives in Teddington, Surrey.

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