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It really is all in Plato to echo C.S. Lewis’s Digory Kirk. Socrates here deals with three interlocutors who each obstinately oppose him, particularly Callicles. The distinction he makes between true oratory and pandering is particularly helpful for our current context.
Overall, the Gorgias reads like a miniature version of the first two books of the Republic with a Socratic myth given at the end for good measure.
Overall, the Gorgias reads like a miniature version of the first two books of the Republic with a Socratic myth given at the end for good measure.