Plato defined rhetoric as "the art of influencing the soul through words," but condemned rhetoric as a "knack" in Gorgias. Is it possible to resolve the tension between Plato's suggestions about a true art of rhetoric in Phaedrus, and his condemnation of it in Gorgias. Can the philosopher hold both views without contradicting himself?
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