Plato's Gorgias - Labyrinth and Threads

Though at first it may seem to deal with rather specific questions concerning rhetoric, Plato's Gorgias turns out to be about human life, and what is at stake in it. This apparent "change of subject" - or rather this ambiguity in the dialogue's subjectmatter - has to do with the...

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Main Author: Tomaz Fidalgo (auth)
Other Authors: Mário Jorge de Carvalho (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Coimbra University Press 2020
Series:Outros titulos
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