Plato was a philosopher who founded the Academy and developed the Theory of Forms, which states that ideal forms are real and immutable while experience is illusory. His influence on Christianity and Western philosophy is profound. La Repubblica explores the Theory of Forms in relation to justice and truth, and Plato envisioned an ideal republic […]
Plato believed that rhetoric was the opposite of philosophy and saw it as the art of persuasion, while philosophy was the pursuit of truth. He discussed rhetoric in four books, including Gorgias, Ion, Phaedrus, and The Republic. Plato believed that poetry and rhetoric were equal and interchangeable. He criticized rhetoric as being built on false […]
