Gorgias
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Gorgias was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and rhetorician renowned for his skillful, ornamental style of speech and his skeptical, paradoxical philosophical arguments.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gorgias of Leontini | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosopher
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person ⓘ pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ sophist ⓘ |
| activity |
public oratory
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teaching rhetoric ⓘ |
| argument |
if anything can be known it cannot be communicated
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if anything exists it cannot be known ⓘ nothing exists ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Leontine embassy to Athens ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Leontini
ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| era |
Classical Greek philosophy
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Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Socratic philosophy
|
| floruit | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Isocrates
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Plato ⓘ rhetorical theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ornamental style of speech
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paradoxical arguments ⓘ skeptical philosophical arguments ⓘ skillful rhetorical style ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Socratic dialogues of Plato
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surface form:
Plato's dialogue Gorgias
Phaedrus ⓘ
surface form:
Plato's dialogue Phaedrus
|
| movement |
Sophists
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surface form:
Sophism
|
| name | Gorgias self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Palamedes
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surface form:
Defense of Palamedes
Encomium of Helen ⓘ On Nature ⓘ On Non-Existence ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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rhetorician ⓘ sophist ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
nihilism (attributed)
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radical skepticism ⓘ relativism ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
ornate language
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rhythmic prose ⓘ use of antithesis ⓘ use of paradox ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
studies in rhetoric
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studies in sophistry ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
Athens
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Thessaly ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
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this entity surface form:
Gorgias of Leontini
this entity surface form:
Gorgias of Leontini