Class times: 6.30pm to 8pm, Tuesdays 10, 17, 24 Feb and 3, 10, 17 March 2026

Venue: Meeting Room 4, Kathleen Syme Community Centre, 251 Faraday St, Carlton (+online)

Online: zoom link | It’s the same link for all six classes. | In case of internet disruption, dial-in on +61 370182005 | Meeting ID: 839 5104 3099 | Passcode: 864568

Course outline and weekly readings

Access to the text: Print translations of Plato’s Gorgias are published by Penguin and Oxford. Online, we recommend David Horan’s translation, which can be printed in PDF.

Catch-up class recordings

Go to the YouTube playlist for all recordings or follow the links below

Week 1

Session 1 | The art of persuasion |  page 447 to 461b

Week 2

Session 2 | Better to be wronged than to do wrong | page 461b to 481b

Week 3

Session 3 | Triumph of the will | page 481b to 494c

Week 4

Session 4 | Hedonism | page 494c to 499b

Week 5

Session 5 | What is the good life? | page 499b to 513c