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Should Speech and Debate Teachers Be Blamed for Bad Politicians? (Gorgias 3)

Political Philosophy

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Socrates' Analogies Aren't Quite Right

Gorgias: We must not detest or banish from our cities, the physical trainers or drill instructors because they imparted this instruction for just employment against enemies or wrongdoers in self defense and not aggression. He's kind of wriggling around hoping that he can escape blame by making analogies that are not quite, they don't quite fit. And Socrates obviously disagrees. Many things that they should be blamed.

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