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Gorgias

American  
[gawr-jee-uhs] / ˈgɔr dʒi əs /

noun

  1. c483–c375 b.c., Greek philosopher.


Gorgias British  
/ ˈɡɔːdʒɪəs /

noun

  1. ?485–?380 bc , Greek sophist and rhetorician, subject of a dialogue by Plato

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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

At the time Gorgias arrived in Athens, there would have been maybe 300,000 people living in Attica.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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