Callicles as a Potential Tyrant in Plato's Gorgias

Callicles as a Potential Tyrant in Plato's Gorgias

This essay argues that Callicles is depicted by Plato in the Gorgias as a potential tyrant from a psychological standpoint. To this end I will contend that the Calliclean moral psychology sketched at 491e-492c points towards the analysis of the tyrannical individual pursued by Plato in books VIII a...

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Main Author: Daniel R. N. Lopes
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2023-05-01
Series:Revista de Filosofia Antiga
Subjects:
Plato
Moral Psychology
Tyranny
Callicles
Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/filosofiaantiga/article/view/212443

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