PLATO, GORGIAS, PT. 1
STUDY QUESTIONS
1. Write a one page summary of this part of the book.
2. What is the difference between oratory and the art of conversation (448)?
3. Why does Socrates keep pressing Gorgias to say what the subject of oratory is (453)?
4. What two types of conviction are there (454)?
5. Does Gorgias think that an orator may use his skills for any end without compunction
(456)?
6. What is the difference between an art and a knack (462)?
7. What does Socrates mean by "to pander" (463)?
8. Explain the "geometrical proportion" that Socrates puts forward (465).
9. What does it mean to will the object of an act rather than the act itself (467)?
10. Why cannot the tyrannt do what he wills (468)?
11. Why is it good to be punished for a crime?
12. Why is the tyrannt to be pitied (479)?