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The sophists : an introduction /

The Sophists were bold, exciting innovators with new ideas about Athenian society. The first to arrive, in about 444 BC, was Protagoras. During the last half of the fifth century BC he was followed by a succession of ''new age'' itinerant instructors who were skilled in teaching....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: O'Grady, Patricia F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Patricia O'Grady
  • What is a sophist? / Patricia O'Grady
  • Political background of the sophists at Athens / Steven R. Robinson
  • Protagoras / Jonathan Lavery
  • Gorgias / Colin Higgins
  • Hippias / Patricia O'Grady
  • Prodicus / Craig Cooper
  • Antiphon / Andrew Shortridge and Dirk Baltzly
  • Thrasymachus / Daniel Silvermintz
  • Callicles / Louis Groarke
  • Critias / Sabatino DiBernardo
  • Euthydemus and Dionysodorus / Geoff Bowe
  • Isocrates / Doug Al-Maini
  • Anonymus Iamblichi and the double arguments / Patricia O'Grady and Daniel Silvermintz
  • Minor Sophists / Trevor Curnow
  • Was Socrates a sophist? / Christine Farmer
  • Plato: the sophist / Paul Groarke
  • Were the sophists philosophers? / Trevor Curnow
  • Law against nature? / Andrew Shortridge
  • The sophists and natural theology / George Arabatzis
  • Can virtue be taught? / Glenn Rawson
  • Case against teaching virtue for pay / Geoff Bowe
  • Relevance of the sophists today / Seamus Sweeney
  • Map / Bevin Boden.