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[460ε] δέ γε ὁ αὐτὸς οὗτος φαίνεται, ὁ ῥητορικός, οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἀδικήσας. ἢ οὔ;

Γοργίας
φαίνεται.

Σωκράτης
καὶ ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις γε, ὦ Γοργία, λόγοις ἐλέγετο ὅτι ἡ ῥητορικὴ περὶ λόγους εἴη οὐ τοὺς τοῦ ἀρτίου καὶ περιττοῦ, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τοῦ δικαίου καὶ ἀδίκου: ἦ γάρ;

Γοργίας
ναί.

Σωκράτης
ἐγὼ τοίνυν σου τότε ταῦτα λέγοντος ὑπέλαβον ὡς οὐδέποτ᾽ ἂν εἴη ἡ ῥητορικὴ ἄδικον πρᾶγμα, ὅ γ᾽ ἀεὶ περὶ δικαιοσύνης τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖται: ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὀλίγον ὕστερον ἔλεγες ὅτι ὁ ῥήτωρ


Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 465e
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 471a
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 503d
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