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Socratic Inquiry on Oratory and Justice by Ling Chen is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Socrates questions Gorgias about whether an orator truly understands concepts of justice and ethics or just persuades others that he understands. Gorgias agrees that an orator must either already know these concepts or be taught them. They establish through a series of questions and answers that if someone learns a subject, they become that subject - a carpenter who learns carpentry is a carpenter, a musician who learns music is a musician, etc. Similarly, someone who learns justice is just. A just person w
- Author
- Ling Chen
- Language
- EN