"This text contains English translations of Gorgias and Rhetoric, which, by juxtaposing the two texts, creates an interesting “conversation” is illuminated one which students of philosophy and rhetoric will find key in their analytical pursuits. If in the Gorgias Plato probes the question of what is problematic in rhetoric, in Rhetoric, Aristotle's response to Plato continues the thread by looking at what makes rhetoric useful. This text ..."
"PLATO S GREATER HIPPIAS AND ARISTOTLE'S POETICS Hippias of Elis travels throughout the Greek world practicing and teaching the art of making beautiful speeches. On a rare visit to Athens, he meets Socrates who questions him about the nature of his art. Socrates is curious about how Hippias would define beauty. They agree that beauty makes all beautiful things beautiful, but when Socrates presses him to say precisely what he means, Hippi ..."
"It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden’s splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a people who gave us so much of our cultural legacy. Every page in The Portable Greek Reader contains some fundamental precursor of the ways in which we think about heroism, destiny, love, politics, tragedy, science, virtue, and thought itse ..."
Quotes... Ancient Greeks Inspiring Quotations by the Greatest Ancient Greeks: Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Archimedes, Alexander the Great, Pindar, Diogenes, Hippocrates, Aesop, Homer, ... by The Secret Libraries, Alexander The Great Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-69014-902-6, ISBN: 1-69014-902-7
"PLATO S GREATER HIPPIAS AND ARISTOTLE S POETICS Hippias of Elis travels throughout the Greek world practicing and teaching the art of making beautiful speeches. On a rare visit to Athens, he meets Socrates who questions him about the nature of his art. Socrates is curious about how Hippias would define beauty. They agree that beauty makes all beautiful things beautiful, but when Socrates presses him to say precisely what he means, Hippi ..."