Comparing Gorgias And Socrates '

Imagine a set of binoculars; with two small peep holes for your eyes to see through and two larger lenses which magnify whatever it is that one may be looking at. Now there are two types of people in the world, one who looks through the small lenses and views the bigger picture, and one who takes a look through the bigger lenses to see a more narrowed finding. Those who see the bigger picture will have a different perspective than those who choose to look at the narrow view as will their beliefs. For when one looks through the narrow view, their outlook on life will be made that whatever it is they try to attain, it will appear further than it truly is and will never be happy. Where as the one who views the bigger picture will see what is realistic and find their peace easier. This analogy defines the two characters, Gorgias and Socrates’ personalities in
Now, in the piece, Gorgias, Socrates discoursed about two types of rhetoric. One was base rhetoric where noble rhetoric was to be confronted. Basically, Gorgias, is an analysis on rhetoric with which Socrates, through Plato, dealt with verbally. Gorgias, Polis and Callicles were the representation of base rhetoric (the narrow perspective), whereas, Socrates represented a noble rhetoric (the bigger picture perspective). For Socrates, noble rhetoric dealt with applied justice within any rhetoric. Socrates also believed that dialogue was superior to rhetoric for the view that rhetoric was just an art at best; an illusion for public display. For Gorgias, who maintained a sophist lifestyle, rhetoric was his weapon in persuasion; it entitled him to ‘power’. Furthermore, Gorgias believed that rhetoric’s main use was to influence rather than synergize the masses. For example, whether or not one knew of the specific subject of discussion, Gorgias, would speak of what the people wanted to hear and