Gorgias
Type: Book
As of November 2026, Gorgias has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Tim Ferriss (Apr 2025).
Gorgias was an ancient Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher, and rhetorician who was a native of Leontinoi in Sicily. Several doxographers report that he was a pupil of Empedocles, although he would only have been a few years younger. W. K. C. Guthrie writes that "Like other Sophists, he was an itinerant that practiced in various cities and giving public exhibitions of his skill at the great pan-Hellenic centers of Olympia and Delphi, and charged fees for his instruction and performances. A s
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Apr 2025 on Tim Ferriss |
| Author | Plato |
| Published | 1827 |
| Publisher | Verlag von G. Freytag |
| Subjects | Classic Literature, Fiction, Early works to 1800 |
| ISBN | 9786050200409 |
| Genre | Classic Literature, Fiction, Early works to 1800 |
Who talks about Gorgias on podcasts?
Gorgias came up; the most recent mention was Apr 2025 on Tim Ferriss.
What is Gorgias mentioned alongside?
Gorgias is most often mentioned alongside Stoicism, Epicureanism and Socrates.
Mentioned together: Stoicism, Epicureanism, Socrates, Plato, Stephen West, Dave Elich, The Atlantic, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Austin, Texas, Seattle Washington