_Socr._ No, but if yourself would be willing to answer me, I would much
rather ask you. For it is evident to me that Polus, from what he has
said, has studied more what is called rhetoric, than conversation.
_Pol._ Why so, Socrates?
_Socr._ Because, Polus, when Chærephon asked you in what art Gorgias was
skilled, you praised his art, as if some one had blamed it, but you did
not say what the art itself is.
_Pol._ Did I not answer, that it was the finest of all arts?
_Socr._ Certainly. But no one asked you what was the quality of the art
of Gorgias, but what it was, and by what name we ought to call Gorgias;
just as Chærephon proposed the former questions to you, and you answered
him well and in few words. Now, therefore, tell me in the same manner,
what art Gorgias professes, and what we ought to call him. Or rather,
Gorgias, do you tell us yourself what we ought to call you as skilled in
what art.
_Gorg._ In rhetoric, Socrates.