Gorgias

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani discusses Gorgias mainly through the Platonic dialogue that bears his name, in which Gorgias appears as a real figure and one of the most famous sophists of his time1. He stresses Gorgias's wealth and the high price of his teaching in the art of convincing a crowd2. He readily compares him to today's communication advisers or consultants34, and also likens him to the expert who is paid to hammer home a body of knowledge. He closely follows how the definitions of oratory succeed one another in the dialogue: first "the most beautiful of things," then the art of persuasion. In his view, they end in a persuasion indifferent to truth5. He emphasises that Socrates refutes Gorgias and leads him to acknowledge how sordid this definition is6. He also notes, on the dramatic level, that the interlocutor gives way to human respect and that the dialogue comes close to physical violence against Socrates.

1. 19 #11 Comment des sciences de l'histoire peuvent-elles être réelles?7 Jan 2021 · 42:35
2. 210#7 L'éco-nazillonisme "post-moderne" - Le Gorgias de Platon23 Dec 2021 · 10:59
3. 3Hegel Plage 1/51 Feb 2016 · 1:06:18
4. 4La mondanité chez Clouscard ou les privilèges pour tous18 May 2023 · 23:33
5. 5De Platon à la révolution mondiale par Dominique Pagani14 Jul 2022 · 30:12
6. 6Dominique Pagani ▷II Michel Foucault2 May 2019 · 34:02

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