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By extension, a “sophist” is someone who engages in persuasive but false arguments.
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Sophists emerged as an important presence in the democratic world of Athens beginning in the mid-fourth century BCE.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Foremost among these are the Sophists, traveling teachers of rhetoric who serve as foils for Plato’s philosophers.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
People who sought out the Sophists were primarily interested in furthering their political careers.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2014
One group of philosophers, the Sophists, questioned people’s unexamined beliefs and ideas about justice and other traditional values.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
In this sense, the written word, along with its avid promoters, the Sophists, represented a frightening challenge to the old order.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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