This book demonstrates the complex unity of Plato's Gorgias. Thought a careful analysis of the dialogue's three main sections, including Socrates' famous argumentative duel with Callicles, a passionate critic of justice and philosophy, Devin Stauffer shows how the seemingly disparate themes of rhetoric, justice, and the philosophic life are woven together into a coherent whole. His interpretation of the Gorgias sheds new light on Plato's thought, showing that Plato and Socrates had a more favorable view of rhetoric than is usually supposed.
作者简介：
Devin Stauffer is assistant professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Plato's Introduction to the Question of Justice, and coauthor and co-translator of Empire and the Ends of Politics: Plato's Menexenus and Pericles' Funeral Oration.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Examining the Master of Rhetoric
The Prelude
The Ensnaring of Gorgias, Part One
The Ensnaring of Gorgias, Part Two
2 Polus and the Dispute about Justice
Socrates' Description of Rhetoric
Are Rhetoricians Powerful?
The Turn to Justice and the Socratic Thesis
Polus' "Refutation" of Socrates
Socrates' "Refutation" of Polus
The Confrontation between Socrates and Callicles
Callicles' Opening Speech
Socrates' Examination of CaUicles' View of Justice
Moderation versus Immoderation, and the Question of Hedonism
4 Socrates' Situation and the Rehabilitation of Rhetoric..
Noble Rhetoric, the Order of the Soul, and the Socratic Thesis
Socrates' Stuation, the Question of Assimilation, and the Issue of Self-Protection
Callicles and His Heroes, True Rhetoric, and Socrates' True Political Art