• Callicles (/ˈkælɪkliːz/; Greek: Καλλικλῆς; c. 484 – late 5th century BC) is thought to have been an ancient Athenian political philosopher. He figures...
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  • few Athenians to practice true politics (521d). Socrates Gorgias Polus Callicles Chaerephon Socrates interrogates Gorgias to determine the true definition...
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  • activity that Callicles finds shameful. That, and no view about same-sex relations per se, is the basis of his criticism. In fact, Callicles is depicted...
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  • occurs between Socrates, the Sophist Gorgias, and two men, Polus and Callicles. Because Socrates' ultimate goal was to reach true knowledge, he was even...
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    uses the phrase κιναίδων βίος (Catamite Life), in a conversation with Callicles contrasting appetites and contentment. The word appears widely but not...
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    (Mato Grosso) P. a. castilhoi d'Almeida, 1967 Brazil (São Paulo) P. a. callicles (Bates, 1861) north Bolivia This species is uncommon, but far from rare...
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  • sense, it can be applied to groups or corporate bodies, and works of art. Callicles and Thrasymachus are two characters of Plato's dialogues, Gorgias and...
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    I know to be evil and base..." (Apology, 29b6–7). In his debate with Callicles, he says: "...I know well that if you will agree with me on those things...
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  • else than the interest of the stronger", which Socrates then disputes. Callicles in Gorgias argues similarly that the strong should rule the weak, as a...
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  • counterexample to Callicles' claim, by looking in an area that Callicles perhaps did not expect — groups of people rather than individual persons. Callicles might...
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    reproaches his friend Callicles for having purchased the house of his neighbour Charmides, who is away in Syria, for a cheap price. Callicles explains that he...
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    example for the living. In Gorgias, Plato writes about Socrates telling Callicles, who believes might makes right, that doing injustice to others is worse...
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  • Brontinus fl. 6th century BC Pythagorean Bryson of Achaea fl. 330 BC Megarian Callicles 5th century BCE Sophist? Calliphon 2nd century BC Peripatetic Calliphon...
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  • the Gorgias, through the mouthpiece of Callicles. The basic argument presented by Thrasymachus and Callicles is that justice (being just) hinders or...
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  • far as justice is concerned, that was the position of the "immoralists" Callicles and Thrasymachus in Plato's dialogues, and as far as benevolence is concerned...
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