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Gorgias by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philo...

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Gorgias by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Gorgias, a late-night conversation in Athens turns into a fierce trial of what it means to live well. Socrates meets the celebrated rhetorician Gorgias and his ambitious students, Polus and Callicles, and presses a deceptively simple question: is persuasive speaking a genuine craft that improves the s ... Show More
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