How long does it take to read Gorgias?
Gorgias by Plato takes about 3 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Platonic dialogue
Previous: Phaedrus Next: Protagoras
About 3 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1827. 201 pages, about 55,275 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 224 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Following under the teachings of Socrates, Plato's works are among the world's greatest literature. In the Gorgias, as in nearly all the other dialogues of Plato, we are made aware that formal logic has as yet no existence. The dialogue naturally falls into three divisions, to which the three characters of Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles respectively correspond; and the form and manner change with the stages of the argument.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year.
Subjects: Fiction, Ethics, Political science, Ancient Philosophy, Love, Rhetoric
