Philosophy and rhetoric: Plato's critique of the sophists

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v22i1.2773

Keywords:

Plato, philosophy, rhetoric, sophists, eristic

Abstract

This article aims to point out that Plato’s criticism of Sophists and rhetoric is not a condemnation of them, but a distance from traditional rhetoric in order to introduce his proposal for a philosophical rhetoric. For this objective, the aim is to: 1) outline the definition of the concepts ‘rhetoric’ and ‘sophistic’, and characterize the principles of ‘sophistic rhetoric’; 2) To address Plato’s criticism of the sophists from the Gorgias, pointing out the arguments with which Plato criticizes the rhetoric and the Sophists; 3) To analyze the dialogical method of the Sophists (eristics) and how it opposes the philosopher’s method (dialectic); 4) Finally, to point out, starting from the Phaedrus, Plato's foundations for the consolidation of a ‘philosophical rhetoric’, that is, of a genuine philosophical dialogue that serves as an overcoming of traditional rhetoric.

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Author Biography

Julián Ramiro Numpaque García, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia – Escuela de Filosofía Grupo de Investigación EREIGNIS

Licenciatura en Filosofía en la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC). Miembro del Centro Internacional de Estudios sobre el Nihilismo Contemporáneo (CeNic), del grupo de investigación EREIGNIS y del Lesekreis de estudios filosóficos en alemán Ereignis. Asistente editorial de la revista Cuestiones de Filosofía. Realizó pasantía académica en Alemania en el mes de julio 2022 (Nietzsche-Archiv Weimar, Nietzsche-Dokumentationszentrum Naumburg, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg). Actualmente, desarrolla una investigación sobre la concepción del cuerpo en la filosofía de Platón.

Published

2023-05-17

How to Cite

Numpaque García, J. R. (2023). Philosophy and rhetoric: Plato’s critique of the sophists. Phainomenon, 22(1), e2773. https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v22i1.2773