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Gorgias Quotes

483 BC–375 BC Greece

Gorgias (Ancient Greek: Γοργίας, Gorgías; c. 483 BC – c. 375 BC) was an ancient Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher, and rhetorician.

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For all men do all things for two reasons, either to pursue some gain or to avoid some penalty. (tr. A. Laks, G. W. Most, 2016)

Being is unrecognizable unless it manages to seem, and seeming is feeble unless it manages to be. (tr. P. E. Wheelwright, 1966)

Gorgias the orator said that those who neglect philosophy but dedicate themselves to the ordinary disciplines are similar to the suitors, who desired Penelope but slept with her maidservants. (tr. A. Laks, G. W. Most, 2016)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gorgias (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.