Plato, Gorgias, section 451d

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[451δ]

Σωκράτης
ἴθι δὴ καὶ σύ, ὦ Γοργία. τυγχάνει μὲν γὰρ δὴ ἡ ῥητορικὴ οὖσα τῶν λόγῳ τὰ πάντα διαπραττομένων τε καὶ κυρουμένων: ἦ γάρ;

Γοργίας
ἔστι ταῦτα.

Σωκράτης
λέγε δὴ τῶν περὶ τί; τί ἐστι τοῦτο τῶν ὄντων, περὶ οὗ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι εἰσὶν οἷς ἡ ῥητορικὴ χρῆται;

Γοργίας
τὰ μέγιστα τῶν ἀνθρωπείων πραγμάτων, ὦ Σώκρατες, καὶ ἄριστα.

Σωκράτης
ἀλλ᾽, ὦ Γοργία, ἀμφισβητήσιμον καὶ τοῦτο λέγεις

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

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