Gorgias, Sophist and Artist

Gorgias, Sophist and Artist
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Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 1570034249
ISBN-13 : 9781570034244
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Book Synopsis Gorgias, Sophist and Artist by : Scott Porter Consigny

Download or read book Gorgias, Sophist and Artist written by Scott Porter Consigny and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristophanes depicted him as a barbaric sycophant, Plato as a shallow opportunist, and Aristotle as an inept stylist, but the Greek teacher of rhetoric Gorgias of Leontini (483-375 BCE) has been again attracting attention from scholars. Consigny (English, Iowa State U.) articulates a coherent account of the enigmatic thinker and writer. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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