Gorgias

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ancient Greek philosopher person pre-Socratic philosopher rhetorician sophist

Gorgias was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and rhetorician renowned for his skillful, ornamental style of speech and his skeptical, paradoxical philosophical arguments.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gorgias canonical	20
Gorgias of Leontini	5

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ sophist ⓘ
activity	public oratory ⓘ teaching rhetoric ⓘ
argument	if anything can be known it cannot be communicated ⓘ 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 ⓘ Presocratic philosophers ⓘ surface form: Pre-Socratic philosophy
floruit	5th century BCE ⓘ
influenced	Isocrates ⓘ Plato ⓘ rhetorical theory ⓘ
knownFor	ornamental style of speech ⓘ paradoxical arguments ⓘ skeptical philosophical arguments ⓘ skillful rhetorical style ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn	Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ surface form: Plato's dialogue Gorgias Phaedrus ⓘ surface form: Plato's dialogue Phaedrus
movement	Sophists ⓘ surface form: Sophism
name	Gorgias self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Palamedes ⓘ surface form: Defense of Palamedes Encomium of Helen ⓘ On Nature ⓘ On Non-Existence ⓘ
occupation	philosopher ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ sophist ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	nihilism (attributed) ⓘ radical skepticism ⓘ relativism ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	ornate language ⓘ rhythmic prose ⓘ use of antithesis ⓘ use of paradox ⓘ
subjectOf	studies in rhetoric ⓘ studies in sophistry ⓘ
taughtIn	Athens ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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Battle of Emmaus → commander → Gorgias ⓘ

Socrates and Polus → appearsInWork → Gorgias ⓘ

Polus → teacher → Gorgias ⓘ

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Polus → discussesWith → Gorgias ⓘ

Callicles → appearsAlongside → Gorgias ⓘ

Hippias of Elis → contemporaryOf → Gorgias ⓘ

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Leontini → notableCitizen → Gorgias ⓘ

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On Non-Existence → authorAttributedTo → Gorgias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorgias of Leontini

On Non-Existence → relatedTo → Gorgias ⓘ

On Nature → author → Gorgias ⓘ

On Nature → attributedTo → Gorgias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorgias of Leontini

Encomium of Helen → author → Gorgias ⓘ

Leontine embassy to Athens → hasEnvoy → Gorgias ⓘ

Leontine embassy to Athens → relatedTo → Gorgias ⓘ