Dialogue

 1  Gorg|      of being ‘as long as he pleases,’ or ‘as short as he pleases’ (
 2  Gorg| pleases,’ or ‘as short as he pleases’ (compare Protag.). Callicles
 3  Gorg|      he can be as long as he pleases, and as short as he pleases.’
 4  Gorg|  pleases, and as short as he pleases.’ Socrates would have him
 5  Gorg|      use as many words as he pleases in the free state of Athens.
 6  Gorg|  exile, kill any one whom he pleases.’ But Socrates replies that
 7  Gorg|     do with words just as he pleases; to him they are indeed ‘
 8  Gorg|     man of anything which he pleases, but he should not therefore
 9  Gorg|      about anything which he pleases, and you will know how to
10  Gorg|    who slays any one whom he pleases, and justly slays him, is
11  Gorg|      burn any house which he pleases, and the docks and triremes