Rhetoric persuasion and Platonic objection
The rhetoric produces persuasion according to Plato without there being a dialectical reasoning that can proves it, so the philosopher (whose part is played usually by Socrates) is often focused on finding the correct path from a concept using objections and assumptions to prove , and the sophist Gorgias from Leontini (about 483-375 BC) is one of the reference rhetoricians against whom demonstrate the potential of the maieutic. But after reading the dialogue dedicated to him it seems that the long-lived Gorgias said: "With what art Plato knows tease", in fact, the real protagonist of the animated discussion is his disciple Callicles that at some point (praised in this sincere attitude from Socrates) throws the mask supporting the right of the strongest to prevail over the weaker, crush him, being guided by the pleasure in meeting their needs, while always for Plato the philosophy look as a guide the harmony and the well.
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Date: 18/10/2012
 article n°: 2031
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