Talking and Knowing

The Gorgias is one of Plato''s most important and interesting dialogues. This book consists of a set of independent but interconnected essays on its philosophical riches. Casey Perin devotes two essays to each of the three major episodes within the dialogue: Socrates'' successive conversations with first Gorgias, then Polus, and finally Callicles. He begins by examining Gorgias'' conception of rhe...