Kairos, rhetoric and ethics in Gorgias Leontini

Authors

  • Aldo Lopez Dinucci

Keywords:

sophistic, Gorgias, classical philosophy, rhetoric, ethics

Abstract

Gorgias Leontini applies the popular notion of kairós (“opportunity” in greek) not only to rhetoric, but also establishes it as an ethical principle along with the principle of social order. It will be proper of the rhetor, following the kairós, to praise those who collaborate to social order and to recriminate those who provoke disorder in society.

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Published

2014-02-11

How to Cite

DINUCCI, A. L. Kairos, rhetoric and ethics in Gorgias Leontini. Controvérsia (UNISINOS) - ISSN 1808-5253, São Leopoldo, v. 4, n. 1, p. 18–25, 2014. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/controversia/article/view/7024. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2008)

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