tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post4592182751903963478..comments2024-03-28T12:50:25.792-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: PLATO'S GORGIAS -- A MINI-TUTORIAL PART ONERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-58019712105252892232012-02-26T12:30:55.325-05:002012-02-26T12:30:55.325-05:00This was always one of my favorite dialogues. Tha...This was always one of my favorite dialogues. Thanks for all your tutorials, but most especially for this one.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05603123230692454743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-23374405301338707962012-02-25T13:05:26.955-05:002012-02-25T13:05:26.955-05:00of for sure. No one has ever doubted that he was ...of for sure. No one has ever doubted that he was guilty of the charges as defined. But the general view is that his trial ended by convicting the state!Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-66622840445113208582012-02-25T11:12:11.800-05:002012-02-25T11:12:11.800-05:00Socrates was, if I recall correctly, charged with ...Socrates was, if I recall correctly, charged with (i) not accepting the state recognized divinities, (ii) inventing his own divinities, and (iii) corrupting the youth. The standards that he sought in his definitions were new deities; he rejected state recognized divinities in favor of definitions; and insofar as he encouraged the youth to judge on the basis of definition embodied standards, instead of pedestal perched divinities, or worse yet, instead of standards that resulted from majority rule, he corrupted the youth. So, guilty all around? Don't you think?Andrew Lionel Blaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976034095806583387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-25738124571450530382012-02-25T09:05:29.752-05:002012-02-25T09:05:29.752-05:00Just a quick aside: I'm reading you, just not ...Just a quick aside: I'm reading you, just not posting much!heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.com