Dialogue

  1  Gorg|              other great artists. We may hardly admit that the moral
  2  Gorg|             all the dialogues.~There may be some advantage in drawing
  3  Gorg|              of this is limited, and may be easily exaggerated. We
  4  Gorg|            be easily exaggerated. We may give Plato too much system,
  5  Gorg|            finished works of art, we may find a reason for everything,
  6  Gorg|              general, ideals as they may be more worthily called): (
  7  Gorg|            than unpunished; to which may be added (3) a third Socratic
  8  Gorg|              higher arguments. Plato may have felt that there would
  9  Gorg|              Socrates of the Gorgias may be compared with the Socrates
 10  Gorg|          Polus suggests that Gorgias may be tired, and desires to
 11  Gorg|             result of the discussion may be summed up as follows:—~
 12  Gorg|              classes: (1) arts which may be carried on in silence;
 13  Gorg|              always true, but belief may be either true or false,—
 14  Gorg|           but, like all good things, may be unlawfully used. Neither
 15  Gorg|              fears that the argument may be tedious to the company.
 16  Gorg|              he is inclined to think may arise out of a misapprehension
 17  Gorg|             this, viz. that rhetoric may be abused, and that the
 18  Gorg|             and that the rhetorician may act unjustly. How is the
 19  Gorg|            in the first place, a man may know justice and not be
 20  Gorg|       character; and secondly, a man may have a degree of justice,
 21  Gorg|              creditable whole, which may be termed flattery, is the
 22  Gorg|             has no generic name, but may also be described as having
 23  Gorg|            mere experiences, as they may be termed, because they
 24  Gorg|       sophistic of legislation. They may be summed up in an arithmetical
 25  Gorg|              if they are unpunished, may be happy enough. He instances
 26  Gorg|          numbers; Polus, if he will, may summon all the rich men
 27  Gorg|         three evils from which a man may suffer, and which affect
 28  Gorg|              any error into which he may have fallen, and which Callicles
 29  Gorg|          fallen, and which Callicles may point out. But he would
 30  Gorg|        Euripides says, ‘whether life may not be death, and death
 31  Gorg| self-contentment and self-indulgence may be represented respectively
 32  Gorg|             I do not deny that there may be happiness even in that.’
 33  Gorg|              as good as the brave or may be even better.~Callicles
 34  Gorg|           anything, in order that he may get through the argument.
 35  Gorg|            ears with impunity. For I may repeat once more, that to
 36  Gorg|          than those of our own. They may have been cleverer constructors
 37  Gorg|             the soul, like the body, may be treated in two ways—there
 38  Gorg|            he described to Polus, he may be the physician who is
 39  Gorg|              no saying what his fate may be. ‘And do you think that
 40  Gorg|            my fellow-men is, that we may present our souls undefiled
 41  Gorg|             dizzy brain, and any one may box you on the ear, and
 42  Gorg|        character of his writings, we may compare him with himself,
 43  Gorg|         other great teachers, and we may note in passing the objections
 44  Gorg|         casting one eye upon him, we may cast another upon ourselves,
 45  Gorg|          that an agent and a patient may be described by similar
 46  Gorg|              life and action. And we may sometimes wish that we could
 47  Gorg|           stoical paradox that a man may be happy on the rack, Plato
 48  Gorg|     happiness of the greatest number may mean also the greatest pain
 49  Gorg|             those of duty and right, may be pushed to unpleasant
 50  Gorg|             errors to which the idea may have given rise, we need
 51  Gorg|        victory of good in the world, may have supported the sufferers.
 52  Gorg|            instead of improving men, may have just the opposite effect.~
 53  Gorg|          aspect under which the mind may be considered, we cannot
 54  Gorg|              rewards and punishments may be compared favourably with
 55  Gorg|        according to the truth. Plato may be accused of representing
 56  Gorg|     Theaetetus; and at the same time may be thought to be condemning
 57  Gorg|          some other questions, which may be briefly considered:—~
 58  Gorg|           poetry is akin to rhetoric may be compared with the analogous
 59  Gorg|              character of Protagoras may be compared with that of
 60  Gorg|          from another point of view, may be thought to stand in the
 61  Gorg|             The form of the argument may be paradoxical; the substance
 62  Gorg|              of jest and earnest, we may now return to the ideal
 63  Gorg|            moral evil. The righteous may suffer or die, but they
 64  Gorg|            of truth and right, which may at any time awaken and develop
 65  Gorg|             terrible downfall, which may, perhaps, have been caused
 66  Gorg|         disturbed; and then again we may hear a voice as of a parent
 67  Gorg|           our good. The consequences may be inevitable, for they
 68  Gorg|              be inevitable, for they may follow an invariable law,
 69  Gorg|             invariable law, yet they may often be the very opposite
 70  Gorg|            him, in which he who runs may read if he will exercise
 71  Gorg|             than they are, that they may win the esteem or admiration
 72  Gorg|        rectitude of his disposition, may be found to take up arms
 73  Gorg|            playing for a stake which may be partly determined by
 74  Gorg|           either now or then. For he may have the existing order
 75  Gorg|             society against him, and may not be remembered by a distant
 76  Gorg|        expectations. Such sentiments may be unjust, but they are
 77  Gorg|             private conversation.~We may further observe that the
 78  Gorg|             and another reapeth.’ We may imagine with Plato an ideal
 79  Gorg|               The poet of the future may return to his greater calling
 80  Gorg|          indeed, we hardly know what may not be effected for the
 81  Gorg|             of religion, with truth, may still be possible. Neither
 82  Gorg|          noble purposes to which art may be applied (Republic).~Modern
 83  Gorg|             the rack the philosopher may be happy (compare Republic).
 84  Gorg|            painful death? He himself may be ready to thank God that
 85  Gorg|             the joys of another life may not have been present to
 86  Gorg|          than he who works for hire. May not the service of God,
 87  Gorg|          soul, yet the ideal of them may be present to us, and the
 88  Gorg|       example to us, and their lives may shed a light on many dark
 89  Gorg|         state of existence. To these may be added, (1) the myth,
 90  Gorg|          recantation of it. To these may be added (6) the tale of
 91  Gorg|          into realities. These myths may be compared with the Pilgrim’
 92  Gorg|     mediaeval. They are akin to what may be termed the underground
 93  Gorg|         mythology. The moral of them may be summed up in a word or
 94  Gorg|           passage—especially of what may be called the theme or proem (
 95  Gorg|              in the same sentence he may employ both modes of speech
 96  Gorg|        meaning to the reader. A poem may be contained in a word or
 97  Gorg|              in a word or two, which may call up not one but many
 98  Gorg|            professes and teaches; he may, as you (Chaerephon) suggest,
 99  Gorg|            much only just now; and I may add, that many years have
100  Gorg|            you like, Chaerephon, you may make trial of me too, for
101  Gorg|            many other arts, the work may proceed in silence; and
102  Gorg|              order that the argument may proceed in such a manner
103  Gorg|             saying that the argument may proceed consecutively, and
104  Gorg|           consecutively, and that we may not get the habit of anticipating
105  Gorg|            in your own way, whatever may be your hypothesis.~GORGIAS:
106  Gorg|            judgment is right, as you may ascertain in this way:—
107  Gorg|              we proceed the argument may run on to a great length.
108  Gorg|           should consider whether we may not be detaining some part
109  Gorg|          better pleased.~SOCRATES: I may truly say, Callicles, that
110  Gorg|           though I dare say that you may be right, and I may have
111  Gorg|              you may be right, and I may have misunderstood your
112  Gorg|         SOCRATES: And he who is just may be supposed to do what is
113  Gorg|        stumble, a younger generation may be at hand to set us on
114  Gorg|             any error into which you may think that I have fallen-upon
115  Gorg|             What! do you mean that I may not use as many words as
116  Gorg|          stay and listen to you, and may not go away? I say rather,
117  Gorg|             That is my view, but you may be of another mind.~POLUS:
118  Gorg|             am afraid that the truth may seem discourteous; and I
119  Gorg|              which is cookery, which may seem to be an art, but,
120  Gorg|         answering to them. And Polus may ask, if he likes, for he
121  Gorg|            Polus shall refute me. We may assume the existence of
122  Gorg|            SOCRATES: Which condition may not be really good, but
123  Gorg|            the soul: in either there may be that which gives the
124  Gorg|            no single name, but which may be described as having two
125  Gorg|            cookery is to the body. I may have been inconsistent in
126  Gorg|           length. But I think that I may be excused, because you
127  Gorg|            is only fair: And now you may do what you please with
128  Gorg|              words, good Polus, as I may say in your own peculiar
129  Gorg|             willing to answer that I may know what you mean.~SOCRATES:
130  Gorg|            right.~SOCRATES: Hence we may infer, that if any one,
131  Gorg|            for his own interests, he may be said to do what seems
132  Gorg|           right in saying that a man may do what seems good to him
133  Gorg|             Socrates?~SOCRATES: That may very well be, inasmuch as
134  Gorg|             that sort of way any one may have great power—he may
135  Gorg|              may have great power—he may burn any house which he
136  Gorg|       SOCRATES: About that you and I may be supposed to agree?~POLUS:
137  Gorg|              all the Macedonians, he may be supposed to be the most
138  Gorg|              truth is the aim; a man may often be sworn down by a
139  Gorg|        disproof of my statement;—you may, if you will, summon Nicias
140  Gorg|      Dionysus, come with him; or you may summon Aristocrates, the
141  Gorg|     Archelaus unjust, and yet happy? May I assume this to be your
142  Gorg|              address myself to them. May I ask then whether you will
143  Gorg|             think not.~SOCRATES: And may not the same be said of
144  Gorg|            And deformity or disgrace may be equally measured by the
145  Gorg|               POLUS: True.~SOCRATES: May not their way of proceeding,
146  Gorg|             the disease of injustice may not be rendered chronic
147  Gorg|             children or country; but may be of use to any one who
148  Gorg|            or any of his friends who may be doing wrong; he should
149  Gorg|               that so the wrong-doer may suffer and be made whole;
150  Gorg|             and their unjust actions may be made manifest, and that
151  Gorg|             and that they themselves may be delivered from injustice,
152  Gorg|            purposes, Polus, rhetoric may be useful, but is of small
153  Gorg|            profound earnest; but you may well ask him.~CALLICLES:
154  Gorg|             them, in order that they may not get the better of them;
155  Gorg|             And this is true, as you may ascertain, if you will leave
156  Gorg|          towards you, and my feeling may be compared with that of
157  Gorg|             he being a man who, if I may use the expression, may
158  Gorg|              may use the expression, may be boxed on the ears with
159  Gorg|            am to practise, and how I may acquire it. And if you find
160  Gorg|          same; or whether the better may be also the inferior and
161  Gorg|          that if you agree with me I may fortify myself by the assent
162  Gorg|       according to you, one wise man may often be superior to ten
163  Gorg|         SOCRATES: Certainly:—any one may know that to be my meaning.~
164  Gorg|              true rule of human life may become manifest. Tell me,
165  Gorg|        indeed I think that Euripides may have been right in saying,~‘
166  Gorg|              bodily affection:—a man may have the complaint in his
167  Gorg|     CALLICLES: Yes.~SOCRATES: And he may have strength and weakness
168  Gorg|             understand you to say, I may assume that some pleasures
169  Gorg|           that they are distinct, we may proceed to consider in what
170  Gorg|            of the soul, and how this may be acquired, but not considering
171  Gorg|           more.~SOCRATES: Then a man may delight a whole assembly,
172  Gorg|             a former generation, who may be said to have improved
173  Gorg|               SOCRATES: And the same may be said of the human body?~
174  Gorg|          other pleasant thing, which may be really as bad for him
175  Gorg|             state, acting so that he may have temperance and justice
176  Gorg|            an outlaw to whom any one may do what he likes,—he may
177  Gorg|             may do what he likes,—he may box my ears, which was a
178  Gorg|          already often repeated, but may as well be repeated once
179  Gorg|              and riveted by us, if I may use an expression which
180  Gorg|            provided in order that we may do no injustice?~CALLICLES:
181  Gorg|              rude and uneducated, he may be expected to fear any
182  Gorg|             man begins to ask how he may become great and formidable,
183  Gorg|            himself and his, whatever may be his character, then your
184  Gorg|          that the noble and the good may possibly be something different
185  Gorg|              saving and being saved:—May not he who is truly a man
186  Gorg|             have to consider how you may become as like as possible
187  Gorg|        perhaps you, sweet Callicles, may be of another mind. What
188  Gorg|            them more thoroughly, you may be convinced for all that.
189  Gorg|             your conversation? There may have been good deeds of
190  Gorg|     intentionally, in order that you may understand me the better.
191  Gorg|             purveyor of the articles may provide them either wholesale
192  Gorg|           wholesale or retail, or he may be the maker of any of them,—
193  Gorg|            notions of their art, and may very likely be filling and
194  Gorg|             you are not careful they may assail you and my friend
195  Gorg|              of theirs, although you may perhaps be accessories to
196  Gorg|              the point is, how a man may become best himself, and
197  Gorg|          justice, as you very likely may be brought by some miserable
198  Gorg|           the Athenian State any man may suffer anything. And if
199  Gorg|              there is no saying what may happen to me.~CALLICLES:
200  Gorg|            which I dare say that you may be disposed to regard as
201  Gorg|              the soul is: perhaps he may lay hands on the soul of
202  Gorg|            to his fellows, that they may see what he suffers, and
203  Gorg|             in that very class there may arise good men, and worthy
204  Gorg|            in holiness and truth; he may have been a private man
205  Gorg|              of insult.~Perhaps this may appear to you to be only
206  Gorg|           advise about whatever else may seem good to us, for we