11 episodes

This dialogue brings Socrates face to face with the famous sophist Gorgias and his followers. It is a work likely completed around the time of "Republic" and illuminates many of the spiritual ideas of Plato. The spirituality, as Jowett points out in his wonderful introduction, has many ideas akin to Christianity, but is more generous as it reserves damnation only for the tyrants of the world. Some of the truths of Socrates, as presented by Plato, shine forth in this wonderful work on sophistry and other forms of persuasion or cookery. (Summary by Kevin Johnson)

Gorgias by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE) and Benjamin Jowett (1817 - 1893‪)‬ LibriVox

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 3 Ratings

This dialogue brings Socrates face to face with the famous sophist Gorgias and his followers. It is a work likely completed around the time of "Republic" and illuminates many of the spiritual ideas of Plato. The spirituality, as Jowett points out in his wonderful introduction, has many ideas akin to Christianity, but is more generous as it reserves damnation only for the tyrants of the world. Some of the truths of Socrates, as presented by Plato, shine forth in this wonderful work on sophistry and other forms of persuasion or cookery. (Summary by Kevin Johnson)

    01 - Introduction Part 1

    01 - Introduction Part 1

    • 34 min
    02 - Introduction Part 2

    02 - Introduction Part 2

    • 44 min
    03 - Introduction Part 3

    03 - Introduction Part 3

    • 46 min
    04 - Introduction Part 4

    04 - Introduction Part 4

    • 48 min
    05 - Gorgias Part 1

    05 - Gorgias Part 1

    • 34 min
    06 - Gorgias Part 2

    06 - Gorgias Part 2

    • 37 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
3 Ratings

3 Ratings

Top Podcasts In Arts

The Bright Side
iHeartPodcasts and Hello Sunshine
Fresh Air
NPR
The Moth
The Moth
99% Invisible
Roman Mars
The Recipe with Kenji and Deb
Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics
iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries

More by LibriVox

Pride and Prejudice (version 3) by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
LibriVox
Pride and Prejudice (version 4) by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
LibriVox
Life of St. Teresa, The by Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582)
LibriVox
Abide in Christ by Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917)
LibriVox
Villette by Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855)
LibriVox
History of Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott (1803 - 1879)
LibriVox