Sophist - Wikipedia
WEBA sophist ( Greek: σοφιστής, romanized : sophistēs) was a teacher in ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. Sophists specialized in one or more subject areas, such as philosophy, rhetoric, music, athletics and mathematics. They taught arete, "virtue" or "excellence", predominantly to young statesmen and nobility . Etymology.
Sophist | Ancient Greek Philosophy, Rhetoric & Argumentation
WEBMar 15, 2024 · Sophist, any of certain Greek lecturers, writers, and teachers in the 5th and 4th centuries bce, most of whom traveled about the Greek-speaking world giving instruction in a wide range of subjects in return for fees. The term sophist (Greek sophistes) had earlier applications. It is sometimes said.
Sophists | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBThis article provides a broad overview of the sophists, and indicates some of the central philosophical issues raised by their work. Section 1 discusses the meaning of the term sophist. Section 2 surveys the individual contributions of the most famous sophists.
Sophist - Rhetoric, Argumentation, Education | Britannica
WEBTwo questions are involved: whether the Sophists held common intellectual doctrines and whether some or all of these could actually be termed philosophical. Among moderns, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was one of the first to reinsert the Sophists into the history of Greek philosophy.
sophists summary | Britannica
WEBsophists , Group of itinerant professional teachers, lecturers, and writers prominent in Greece in the later 5th century bc. The sophistic movement arose at a time when there was much questioning of the absolute nature of familiar values and ways of life.
The Sophists - Classics - Oxford Bibliographies
WEBFeb 22, 2018 · Sophistês (from sophos, “wise”) originally designated epic poets, prophets, sages, Presocratic philosophers and others with wisdom beneficial to society. Sometime after c. 450 BCE it was applied to a new kind of wise people.
The Internet Classics Archive | Sophist by Plato
WEBSophist. By Plato. Written 360 B.C.E. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Persons of the Dialogue. THEODORUS. THEAETETUS. SOCRATES. An ELEATIC STRANGER, whom Theodorus and Theaetetus bring with them. The younger SOCRATES, who is a silent auditor. Theodorus.
Sophists | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 8, 2018 · Philosophy and Religion. Philosophy, Terms and Concepts. Sophists. views 2,590,569 updated May 08 2018. SOPHISTS. In English, the term sophist is most often used pejoratively, for one who argues with devious abuses of logic.
The Cambridge Companion to the Sophists | Princeton Classics
WEBCambridge University Press. 2023. The Classical Greek sophists—Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias, and Antiphon, among others—are some of the most important figures in the flourishing of linguistic, historical, and philosophical reflection at the time of Socrates.
The Sophists | The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy
WEBThe sophists are united more by common methods and attitudes than by common interests. All sophists, for example, challenged traditional thinking, often in ways that went far beyond questioning the existence of the gods, or the truth of traditional myths, or customary moral rules, all of which had been questioned before.
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