A History of Greek Philosophy: The fifth-century enlightenmentUniversity Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... better men have been worse handled by posterity . ' Sidgwick's main criticism was that in his anxiety to do justice to the Sophists Grote had exaggerated the partisanship of Plato . For Grote , Plato not only stole the name out of ...
... better men have been worse handled by posterity . ' Sidgwick's main criticism was that in his anxiety to do justice to the Sophists Grote had exaggerated the partisanship of Plato . For Grote , Plato not only stole the name out of ...
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... better than what is sophon . So we get the oxymoron of a chorus in Euripides : when men set themselves up against the gods , their sophia is not sophon , they are clever but not wise . The verb sophizesthai , to practise sophia , which ...
... better than what is sophon . So we get the oxymoron of a chorus in Euripides : when men set themselves up against the gods , their sophia is not sophon , they are clever but not wise . The verb sophizesthai , to practise sophia , which ...
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... better citizens . ' So much is common ground between the disputants , I 1 Hdt . 4.95.2 , 1.29.1 , cf. also 2.49.1 ; Aristotle fr . 5 Rose , Ross p . 79 ; Isocr . Antid . 235 , 312. For Isocrates's use of the word see also Grant , Ethics ...
... better citizens . ' So much is common ground between the disputants , I 1 Hdt . 4.95.2 , 1.29.1 , cf. also 2.49.1 ; Aristotle fr . 5 Rose , Ross p . 79 ; Isocr . Antid . 235 , 312. For Isocrates's use of the word see also Grant , Ethics ...
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... better inventor than any sophistes . ' Sophocles was an exact contemporary of Protagoras , and in him the word could have been coloured by the appearance on the scene of Sophists as a professional class.2 Aristophanes too was well aware ...
... better inventor than any sophistes . ' Sophocles was an exact contemporary of Protagoras , and in him the word could have been coloured by the appearance on the scene of Sophists as a professional class.2 Aristophanes too was well aware ...
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... better , there is no reason to doubt the reality of the state of affairs which he describes . His boast has an element of bravado : it needs courage to declare oneself a Sophist . Equally true to the character of the Athenians is the ...
... better , there is no reason to doubt the reality of the state of affairs which he describes . His boast has an element of bravado : it needs courage to declare oneself a Sophist . Equally true to the character of the Athenians is the ...
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