A History of Greek Philosophy: (1969) : The fifth-century enlightenmentCambridge University Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... young man ' the proper care of his personal affairs , so that he may best manage his own household , and also of the State's affairs , so as to become a real power in the city , both as speaker and man of action ' . For this purpose the ...
... young man ' the proper care of his personal affairs , so that he may best manage his own household , and also of the State's affairs , so as to become a real power in the city , both as speaker and man of action ' . For this purpose the ...
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... young with pernicious thoughts , for they were doing no more than mirror the lusts and passions of the existing democracy : Every one of these individual professional teachers , whom the people call Sophists and regard as their rivals ...
... young with pernicious thoughts , for they were doing no more than mirror the lusts and passions of the existing democracy : Every one of these individual professional teachers , whom the people call Sophists and regard as their rivals ...
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... young man like Meno - high - born and wealthy yet a pupil and admirer of Gorgias — of the question which he springs on Socrates at the beginning of the dialogue that bears his name : ' Can you tell me , Socrates , whether areté can be ...
... young man like Meno - high - born and wealthy yet a pupil and admirer of Gorgias — of the question which he springs on Socrates at the beginning of the dialogue that bears his name : ' Can you tell me , Socrates , whether areté can be ...
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... young Pheidippides into a clever sophist , on which his unwilling pupil comments ' A poor pale - faced devil , you mean ' , and at 1309 the word as applied to Strepsiades by the chorus means nothing but ' trickster ' , in allusion to ...
... young Pheidippides into a clever sophist , on which his unwilling pupil comments ' A poor pale - faced devil , you mean ' , and at 1309 the word as applied to Strepsiades by the chorus means nothing but ' trickster ' , in allusion to ...
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... young men away from their relations and friends by claiming that their own teaching is 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 ...
... young men away from their relations and friends by claiming that their own teaching is 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 ...
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