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Advantage Of 'The Crowd In Socrates' Gorgias

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Having an audience around while having a debate can heavily influence the result of the debate, especially if those debating can utilize the crowd in a way that can be used against their opponent. Having the ability to utilize a crowd of people to your advantage is a tool that can be especially useful. In Plato’s story, “Gorgias”, Socrates does just that, he is able to utilize and appeal to the crowd around him during his debate against Gorgias, which helps strengthen his debate against the use of rhetoric. Socrates is able to appeal to the crowd during his debate with Gorgias, which not only helps Socrates in the long run of their debate, but it also weakens Gorgias’ argument on what rhetoric is and why it is good. The crowd in “Gorgias” that
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