Here is how Socrates cornered Gorgias: “Would you like us, then, - TopicsExpress



          

Here is how Socrates cornered Gorgias: “Would you like us, then, to posit two types of persuasion, one providing conviction without knowledge, the other providing knowledge?” The sophist was undone. He was revealed as offering nothing more than “the persuasion that comes from being convinced.” But I cannot be persuaded by the fact that you are convinced. If you seek my agreement, you will have to give me more than your sensation of being right. The intensity of a conviction is irrelevant to the merit of a conviction. People have given their lives for illusions. (When it is our people and our illusions, we call them martyrs.) newrepublic/article/120197/defense-reason-new-republics-100-year-anniversary
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:19:50 +0000

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