Sophistic kairos and the shaping of logos in Gorgias

Authors
Noel, MP
Citation
Mp. Noel, Sophistic kairos and the shaping of logos in Gorgias, REV PHILOL, 72(2), 1998, pp. 233-245
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Classical Studies
Journal title
REVUE DE PHILOLOGIE DE LITTERATURE ET D HISTOIRE ANCIENNES
ISSN journal
00351652 → ACNP
Volume
72
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
233 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1652(1998)72:2<233:SKATSO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
"Kairos" is usually held as a key-word in Gorgias' theory of "logos," a pro of of the sophist's relativism. This paper intends to show, through the ana lysis of "brachulogia makrologia" - according to Plato, two of Protagoras' and Gorgias' most famous techniques - , that the importance of "kairos" in the latter's works and thought has been greatly overestimated.