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This paper highlights some significant topics in Gorgias’ thought that have been overlooked by other interpreters: visibility and corporality. According to the sophist, these seem to have effects within the framework of a public space as powerful as those of discourse. Specifically, I research the role played by these dimensions in two of Gorgias’ works, Defense of Palamedes and Encomium of Helen. In both these works, corporality and visibility are decisive arguments demonstrating Palamades' innocence and exonerating Helen, respectively.

Lucas Manuel Álvarez, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

University Professor in Philosophy from the Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Master in Classical Studies and Doctor in Philosophy from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. In his master's thesis, defended in July 2014, he addressed the performative approach of the Athenian polis offered by the sophists and in his doctoral thesis, defended in November 2018, he dealt with the Platonic interpretation of the sophistry encrypted in the Sophist dialogue . He works as a teacher (first assistant) in History of Ancient Philosophy (FFyL, UBA). He has published articles in journals specialized in ancient philosophy in Latin America.

Álvarez, L. M. (2020). Visibility, Corporality and Public Space in the Gorgias’ Speeches. Praxis Filosófica, (50), 41–64. https://doi.org/10.25100/pfilosofica.v0i50.8665

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