Dialogue

 1  Gorg|       art of persuasion, which gives freedom to all men, and
 2  Gorg|       of persuasion: one which gives knowledge, and another which
 3  Gorg|   knowledge, and another which gives belief without knowledge;
 4  Gorg| assemblies? Plainly that which gives belief and not that which
 5  Gorg|      belief and not that which gives knowledge; for no one can
 6  Gorg|       a golden sceptre,’ which gives verisimilitude to the tale.~
 7  Gorg|   interior of the earth, which gives the opportunity of introducing
 8  Gorg|   which they are united; which gives a fitting expression to
 9  Gorg|     greatest, being that which gives to men freedom in their
10  Gorg|       sort of persuasion which gives belief without knowledge,
11  Gorg|       knowledge, or that which gives knowledge?~GORGIAS: Clearly,
12  Gorg|      Socrates, that which only gives belief.~SOCRATES: Then rhetoric,
13  Gorg|       the just and unjust, but gives no instruction about them?~
14  Gorg|        there may be that which gives the appearance of health
15  Gorg|        or as the sight of them gives pleasure to the spectators;
16  Gorg|      And justice, if the best, gives the greatest pleasure or
17  Gorg|       actions, both in what he gives and in what he takes away?
18  Gorg|        and if they are thirsty gives them drink, or if they are
19  Gorg|        know not what to do; he gives you the bitterest potions,