Gorgias

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Gorgias was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and rhetorician renowned for his skillful, ornamental style of speech and his skeptical, paradoxical philosophical arguments.

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Gorgias canonical 20
Gorgias of Leontini 5

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosopher
person
pre-Socratic philosopher
rhetorician
sophist
activity public oratory
teaching rhetoric
argument if anything can be known it cannot be communicated
if anything exists it cannot be known
nothing exists
associatedWith Leontine embassy to Athens
birthPlace Leontini
Sicily
citizenship Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
era Classical Greek philosophy
Pre-Socratic philosophy
floruit 5th century BCE
influenced Isocrates
Plato
rhetorical theory
knownFor ornamental style of speech
paradoxical arguments
skeptical philosophical arguments
skillful rhetorical style
language Ancient Greek
mentionedIn Plato's dialogue Gorgias
Plato's dialogue Phaedrus
linked to: Phaedrus
movement Sophism
linked to: Sophists
name Gorgias
notableWork Defense of Palamedes
linked to: Palamedes

Encomium of Helen
On Nature
On Non-Existence
occupation philosopher
rhetorician
sophist
philosophicalPosition nihilism (attributed)
radical skepticism
relativism
styleCharacteristic ornate language
rhythmic prose
use of antithesis
use of paradox
subjectOf studies in rhetoric
studies in sophistry
taughtIn Athens
Thessaly

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Antisthenes influencedBy Gorgias
Gorgias mainCharacter Gorgias of Leontini
linked to: Gorgias
Gorgias namedAfter Gorgias of Leontini
linked to: Gorgias
Gorgias name Gorgias
Sophists includesMember Gorgias
Protagoras influenced Gorgias
Battle of Emmaus commander Gorgias
Polus teacher Gorgias
Polus studentOf Gorgias
Polus discussesWith Gorgias
Callicles appearsAlongside Gorgias
Dyskolos mainCharacter Gorgias
Leontini notableCitizen Gorgias of Leontini
linked to: Gorgias
On Non-Existence authorAttributedTo Gorgias of Leontini
linked to: Gorgias
On Non-Existence relatedTo Gorgias
On Nature author Gorgias
On Nature attributedTo Gorgias of Leontini
linked to: Gorgias
Encomium of Helen author Gorgias