Gorgias
Americannoun
noun
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Gorgias Sanchez, a clarinetist in the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, was Izcaray’s roommate and close friend there in the mid-’90s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2019
She said that it was painful to see colleagues in other countries forced to retire when philosophers such as Kant, Cato, and Gorgias didn’t produce their best work until old age.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 18, 2016
Just as “Roy McCoy” puts up invincible ignorance to everything Plato says, Callicles in the Gorgias refuses to be convinced by any of Socrates’ ethical arguments, preferring to advocate for the brutal “law of nature.”
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2014
Many of the dialogues are quite inconclusive, such as the dark Gorgias, which clearly served as Goldstein’s inspiration for Plato’s visit to Fox News.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2014
The sophists—of whom Gorgias was one of the first examples—were essentially just private tutors who trained Athenian aristocrats in philosophy and rhetoric.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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