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Plato Versus the Sophists Regarding Rhetoric… Plato Versus the Sophists Regarding Rhetoric…

Plato  The Sophists were highly controversial in Greece for over a century.  One of their chief critics was the great philosopher Plato, who attacked the sophistic practice of rhetoric in his dialogue entitled Gorgias.  The Sophists were highly controversial in Greece for over a century.  One of their chief critics was the great philosopher Plato, who attacked the sophistic practice of rhetoric in his dialogue entitled Gorgias.

Plato  “Plato crudely lumped all politicians and rhetors together as flatterers and corrupters of the people.”

Plato  Plato’s assessment of rhetoric as practiced by the Sophists.  It is a sham art that imitates the true art, or techne, of justice.  Plato’s assessment of rhetoric as practiced by the Sophists.  It is a sham art that imitates the true art, or techne, of justice.

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“ And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. ” -Plato “ And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. ” -Plato