The Great Ganders of Gorgias

Initally, I find myself on Socrate's side of the conversation. I find him to be much more reasonable in the conversation than Gorgias. He is constantly asking Gorgias about his expertise, but Gorgias refuses to give a complete, fufilling answer. It is frustrating to read for it lingers on for quite some time.

Polus differs from Gorgias because he simply complies to whatever Socrates says. He never truly gives his opinion unless he is bickering or contrasting what Socrates states. However, in the most simple of terms, Socrates says that to do wrong is much worse that a wrongdoing. Polus says that a wrongdoing is much worse than to do wrong.

Socrates believes this because he thinks that a mental state is more important than a physical one. If one can be psychologically sound, then he or she will be healthy. Polus believes that a wrongdoing can harm or possibly kill you, thus is much worse than to do wrong.

I find this specific argument to be most interesting, because both provide sufficient reasoning for their conclusions. I also find the conversation about rhetoric to be intriguing. Gorgias mentions that if one is familiar with a rhetoric, he or she need not know any other expertise.

An argument I think Gorgias could have made would have been to actually expand on his expertise. He never actually stated what is was that he professed in. It leaves Socrates to a state of confusion and misunderstanding.