Evaluate whether socrates argument is persuasive

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Question: In Plato's Gorgias, does Socrates get the be"er of Callicles, or vice-versa? To answer this question effectively:

A) Summarise (citing the text to support your summary) Callicles's main argument about what is good for a person.

B) Explain (citing the text to support your contention) in clear detail Socrates's main argument against Callicles (this argument may be spread out over quite a lot of the dialogue).

C) Evaluate whether Socrates's argument is persuasive (in the philosophical rather than rhetorical) sense, or to what degree it is.

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