The “True Discourse” of persuasion: a comparative look between Plato and the Gorgias
This article compares Plato’s understanding of the role of persuasion to Gorgias’ notion of valid speech. It highlights the fact that the constitution of logos is marked by ambiguity both in the rhetorical-philosophical discourse of Plato and in the rhetorical-sophistic discourse of Gorgias. Both Pl...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) |
| Repositorio: | Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufc:article/18918 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/18918 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Platão. Górgias. Retórica. Verdade. Persuasão. Plato. Gorgias. Rhetoric. Truth. Persuasion. |
| Sumario: | This article compares Plato’s understanding of the role of persuasion to Gorgias’ notion of valid speech. It highlights the fact that the constitution of logos is marked by ambiguity both in the rhetorical-philosophical discourse of Plato and in the rhetorical-sophistic discourse of Gorgias. Both Plato and Gorgias aim at convincing people that the arguments they propose are valid. All in all, it will be claimed that the way they relate the action of logos to the sensitive world of perceptions and to the interiority of the soul reveals the dynamic aspects of their philosophy. |
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