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[Greek, c.483 - 420 BCE, Born at Leontini, Sicily. Taught by Zeno of Elea. Visited Athens. A sophist, who boasted that he could defend any opinion. Died in Sicily.]
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p.260
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5864
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Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness
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p.447
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9866
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Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Plato]
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B03
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p.129
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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Diog. Laertius]
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