Plato

Gorgias Plato

Publisher Marketing: Persons of the dialogue: Callicles; Socrates; Chaerephon; Gorgias; Polus Scene: The house of Callicles. Callicles. The wise man, as the proverb says, is late for a fray, but not for a feast. Socrates. And are we late for a feast? Callicles Yes, and a delightful feast; for Gorgias has just been exhibiting to us many fine things. Socrates It is not my fault, Callicles; our friend Chaerephon is to blame; for he would keep us loitering in the Agora. Chaerephon. Never mind, Socrates; the misfortune of which I have been the cause I will also repair; for Gorgias is a friend of mine, and I will make him give the exhibition again either now, or, if you prefer, at some other time. Callicles What is the matter, Chaerephon-does Socrates want to hear Gorgias? Chaerephon Yes, that was our intention in coming. Callicles Come into my house, then; for Gorgias is staying with me, and he shall exhibit to you. ...] Contributor Bio:  Plato Plato (427-347 B. C.) was a classical Greek philosopher and writer whose best-known works include the "Republic", the "Apology", and the "Symposium". Contributor Bio:  Jowett, Benjamin Plato, was a philosopher, as well as mathematician, in Classical Greece. He is considered an essential figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition, and he founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with Socrates and his most famous student, Aristotle, Plato laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Alfred North Whitehead once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."