Anodyne
Saturday, November 09, 2019
 
"Thrasymachus bursts violently into the discussion.  He is angry because Socrates and Polemarchus had been engaged in a dialogue.  He sees this as a form of weakness.  The participants in a dialogue obey certain rules which, like laws, govern their association; they seek a common agreement instead of trying to win a victory.  The very art of dialectic seems to impose a kind of justice on those who practice it, whereas rhetoric, the art of making long speeches without being questioned -- Thrasymachus' art -- is adapted to self-aggrandizement.  Thrasymachus sees dialectic as an opponent of rhetoric and wishes to show his audience the superiority of rhetoric."

(Allan Bloom)
- posted by cjb @ 9:22 AM


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