In his dialogue Gorgias , Plato discusses pleasure versus pain in the realm of pathos though in a fictional conversation between Gorgias and Socrates .
Plato preceded Aristotle and therefore laid the groundwork , as did other Sophists , for Aristotle to theorize the concept of pathos .
In Aristotle 's dialogue Gorgias Plato Plato discusses pleasure versus pain in the realm of pathos though in a fictional conversation between Gorgias and Socrates .
Plato preceded Aristotle and therefore laid the groundwork , as did other Sophists , for Aristotle to theorize the concept of pathos .