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The Sophists

The Sophists

McKirahan, Richard

Paperback

Series: Ancient Philosophies

PhilosophyAncient History General

ISBN10: 1138902799
ISBN13: 9781138902794
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 30 2024
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book offers a new way of looking at the fifth-century BCE Sophists, rejecting the bad reputation they have had since antiquity and presenting them as individuals rather than a movement, each with his own specialty and personality as revealed through the scant surviving evidence.

It provides an account of the Sophists of this period that explains the historical and social developments that led to their prominence and popularity, demonstrating the reasons for their importance and for their seeming disappearance in the fourth century BCE. Restricted to discussion of the few Sophists for whom there are surviving quotations or other texts, The Sophists avoids generalizations often found in other books. It contains accurate translations of most of the surviving material, which forms the secure possible basis for understanding the Sophists as individuals in their various roles, not only as educators but also as ambassadors and pioneers in other fields. After a general introduction, the following chapters present each of the Sophists individually, followed by three chapters that present topics treated by more than one Sophist, such as Logos, Definition and the Nomos-Phusis contrast. The final three chapters reveal the way three important intellectuals of the fourth century (Plato, his rival Isocrates and Aristotle) dealt with the Sophists. An appendix contains several longer passages or works in their entirety in translation, allowing readers to have access to the original source materials and develop their own interpretations.

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