Gorgias and Plato
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According to Gorgias, what is the noble type of rhetoric?

  • Flattery and disgraceful declamation
  • Aims at the training and improvement of the souls of the citizens (correct)
  • Aims at manipulating the audience for personal gain
  • Strives to say what is best, whether welcome or unwelcome, to the audience

    • What must the rhetorician be able to distinguish between, according to the text?

  • Ethical and unethical
  • Good and bad
  • Just and unjust (correct)
  • Right and wrong

    • According to Socrates and Polus, what do they agree on regarding injustice?

  • Both are equally evil
  • Injustice is not a concern for them
  • Suffering injustice is a greater evil than doing injustice
  • Doing injustice is a greater evil than suffering injustice (correct)

    • What is rulership described as in Gorgias?

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    What knowledge must the rhetorician have to use rhetoric effectively?

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