Title

Gorgias and the Socratic Principle Nemo Sua Sponte Peccat

Authors

Guido Calogero, University of Rome La Sapienza

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1955

Abstract

This essay explores the possible influences of Gorgias' thought on Socrates as represented in Plato's Apology. "No one sins willingly" is a theme both of Gorgias' work and of Socrates, for a start.

Notes

Presented to the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy at its meeting with the Pacific Division of the American Philological Association November 25, 1955, at the University of California at Berkeley. A later version was published in the Journal of Hellenic Studies 87 (1957) 12-17, and reprinted in John P. Anton and George Kustas, eds. 1971. Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy vol. 1. State University of New York Press. 176-186.

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Recommended Citation

Calogero, Guido, "Gorgias and the Socratic Principle Nemo Sua Sponte Peccat" (1955). The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter. 7.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/sagp/7