4min chapter

Political Philosophy-Dr. Laurie M Johnson cover image

Lies or “Rhetoric?” Socrates on Deceptive Democratic Speech (Gorgias 2)

Political Philosophy-Dr. Laurie M Johnson

CHAPTER

Socrates Blames Caliocles for Compelled Us to Loiter

Socrates and his acolyte go to the marketplace. Socrates is anxious to hear gorgias, a rhetorician who can give a speech at any point at any time. Gorgias says he will treat them to another display right now if they want it. So here we have calically is inviting everybody back to his home and Socrates then becomes mildly interested.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode