Fearing that there would be high words, I again endeavoured to soothe Ctesippus, and said to him : To you, Ctesippus, I must repeat what I said before to Cleinias — that you do not understand the ways of these philosophers from abroad. They are not serious, but, like the Egyptian wizard, Proteus, they take different forms and deceive us by their enchantments : and let us, like Menelaus, refuse to let them go until they show themselves to us in earnest. When they begin to be in earnest their full beauty will appear : let us then beg and entreat and beseech them to shine forth. And I think that I had better once more exhibit the form in which I pray to behold them ; it might be a guide to them. I will go on therefore where I left off, as well as I can, in the hope that I may touch their hearts and move them to pity, and that when they see me deeply serious and interested, they also may be serious.
Jowett: Euthydemus 288b-292e — O objeto da filosofia
- Jowett: Gorgias 491d-505d — Análise da noção de autoridade
- Jowett: Gorgias 492d-494c — República de Sócrates
- Jowett: Gorgias 494c-495e — Distinguir entre desejos e prazeres
- Jowett: Gorgias 495e-499b — O prazer não é idêntico ao bem
- Jowett: Gorgias 499b-505d — O bem também não se identifica ao útil
- Jowett: Gorgias 502d-505d — Retórica e Política
- Jowett: Gorgias 505d-513c — Calicles se recusa a discutir, uma retomada da questão se impõe
- Jowett: Gorgias 507a-509a — Vida sábia e vida dissoluta
- Jowett: Gorgias 509b-513c — A hierarquia dos males
- Jowett: Gorgias 513c-522e — Uma concepção válida da política