Exam 3: Plato Vs the Sophists: Rhetoric on Trial

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Which of the following was the Sophist who believed in natural justice and said that "he who is better and more intelligent should rule and have the advantage over baser men"? To Plato, this Sophist represents the danger rhetoric poses to society by allowing people to think they are just while living unjustly.

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Does Plato make a convincing case in Phaedrus that there may be a true and just art of rhetoric?

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Briefly explain what Plato means by equating rhetoric with "cookery" in Gorgias?

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In Gorgias, Plato did not believe that rhetoric was a true _______________, the Greek term meaning an art, discipline, or skill that produced a socially useful outcome.

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