Socrates and Callicles

A Reading of Plato'sGorgias

Bibliographic Data

ID6403418
AuthorsDevin Stauffer (corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume64
Issue4
Pages627-658
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034670500035907
OpenAlexW2102333882
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited17

The quarrel between Socrates and Callicles has long been recognized as the highpoint of Plato'sGorgias. But the acceptance of an overly simple view of Callicles has kept this quarrel from being understood in its full complexity. While Callicles appears to be a cynical immoralist, this appearance hides his deepest convictions; and while he and Socrates never come to a genuine meeting of the minds, the unbridgeable gap between them is due to Callicles′ unwillingness to acknowledge his moral convictions rather than to his lack of them. Through a close examination of their quarrel, the essay attempts to uncover true character of the irreconcilable differences between Socrates and Callicles and thus provide a pathway for a new understanding of Plato'sGorgias

Art · Character (mathematics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process · Simple (philosophy · SOCRATES · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Mathematics · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy

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