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Taking the form of a dialogue among Socrates Gorgias Polus and Calliclesthe Gorgias debates crucial questions about the nature of government. Whilethe aspiring politician Callicles propounds the view that might is right andthe rhetorician Gorgias argues that oratory and the power to persuade representthe greatest good Socrates insists on the duty of politicians to consider thewelfare of their citizens a duty he believed had been dishonored in the Athensof his time. The dialogue offers fascinating insights into how classical Athenswas governed and creates a theoretical framework that has been highlyinfluential on subsequent political debate. «
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