Gorgias

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Gorgias (Ancient Greek: Γοργίας, ca. 487-376 BC), Greek sophist, presocratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in SiSicily cily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of sophists. Several doxographers report that he was a pupil of Empedocles, although he would only have been a few years younger.

His theory was subjected of critique by Plato in his work Gorgias.

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2. ↑ "Gorgias of Leontini (c. 485–c. 380 BCE) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
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5. ↑ "LacusCurtius • Diogenes Laërtius: Empedocles". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
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