Gorgias quiz and flashcards

What distinction does Socrates make when questioning Gorgias about persuasion?

What does Gorgias teach?

Who accompanies Socrates and helps start the questioning?

What responsibility does the discussion of rhetorical teaching examine?

What does successful persuasion fail to establish by itself?

Which subjects does Polus bring into the debate?

Who describes Archelaus as securing his throne through murder?

Where does Archelaus rule?

How does Polus say Archelaus secured his throne?

What claim does Archelaus' apparent happiness test?

According to Socrates, which causes greater harm?

What does Polus eventually accept as beneficial?

What does Socrates reject as sufficient proof?

What position does Callicles defend?

Whose value of philosophy does Callicles challenge?

What kind of desire does Callicles defend?

What distinction does Socrates press against Callicles' defense of desire?

What does the discussion of discipline suggest about happiness?

What change marks Polus' response to the inquiry?

Who later urges Socrates to finish the inquiry?

How does Socrates test public leaders?

Who appears as an example of planning advice and public speech?

What does Socrates use when questioning Pericles' leadership?

What subject of accusations helps make Pericles' record a test case?

What practical danger does Callicles raise with Socrates?

What political advice does Callicles give?

What does Socrates reject despite personal danger?

What priority does Socrates show by refusing flattery?

How does the dialogue end?

What is tested in the closing story?