Ideas from 'fragments/reports' by Gorgias [443 BCE], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Early Greek Phil VIII: the Sophists, Socrates' by Socrates (ed/tr Laks,A/Most,G) [Harvard Loeb 2016,978-0-674-99709-7]].

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

18933

Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Diog. Laertius]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Plato]