Plato's Gorgias

The Philosophy Documentation Center is pleased to offer dramatized, unabridged versions of philosophical dialogues on audio CD from Agora Publications. In Plato's Gorgias, Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students, promising to teach them how to become leaders in politics and business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art. This dialogue blends comic and serious discussion of the best human life, providing a penetrating examination of ethics, the foundations of knowledge, and the nature of the good.

Agora Publications specializes in the production of dramatized philosophical dialogues, which are published in both electronic and print formats. The text of each dialogue is presented in a new translation, helping to bring each work to life for students and non-academic audiences. In the classroom, students have been "extremely enthusiastic. They seemed to feel it was entirely contemporary." The recordings have also been popular with non-academics wishing to explore the basic questions in western philosophy. All of these dialogues are available to individuals on CD, and institutional licensing of the entire collection is available.

· ISBN 1-887250-13-1 · Published in 1998 · audio CD · 3 hours · $30
· ISBN 1-887250-01-8 · Published in 1994 · paperback · 115 pages · $12.50

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