Choose one of these arguments and defend or challenge his claim. Remember to clearly state what the argument is you are discussing, provide reasons for your defense/challenge, and use the readings in class along with claims made by characters in the Gorgias to support your argument.

Plato’s Gorgias Team Discussion

Socrates offers four arguments against rhetoric in the Gorgias. Choose one of these arguments and defend or challenge his claim. Remember to clearly state what the argument is you are discussing, provide reasons for your defense/challenge, and use the readings in class along with claims made by characters in the Gorgias to support your argument.

Your comments should be your ideas, with some support from the readings – but limit your quotes from the material. We want to know what you are claiming.

SOURCES YOU CAN USE:

GORGIAS by Plato:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1672/1672-h/1672-h.htm