By pairing translations of Gorgias and Rhetoric, Joe Sachs demonstrates Aristotle’s response to Plato. If in the Gorgias Plato probes the question of what is problematic in rhetoric, in Rhetoric, Aristotle continues the thread by looking at what makes rhetoric useful. By juxtaposing the two texts, an interesting “conversation” is illuminated – one which students of philosophy and rhetoric will find key in their analytical pursuits.