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Gorgias by Plato
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it was amazing
bookshelves: books-of-antiquity

I throw my token in with Callicles when he said
"By the gods, Chaerephon, I too have been present at many discussions, but I don't believe that any has ever given me so much pleasure as this. If you like to go on talking all day, you are doing me a favor".

I simply can't get enough of these dialogues! I know there are flaws in them, I know that sometimes as (especially in the one on oratory) the protagonist (Socrates) gets all the words in edgewise and our dear antagonists do not make a fun enough defense. But the language is clever and enjoyable. The tone is playful and yet still brings the points home. If Socrates was really like this I believe I really could have gone on listening to him talking all day, if only for the chance to jump in and run over some of his flawed arguments.
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May 17, 2011 – Shelved
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May 30, 2011 – Shelved as: books-of-antiquity
May 30, 2011 – Finished Reading

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