Plato and the Sophists 
.... It is this quest for truth that sets the tone for the high-level dispute between
Plato and the
Sophists of Isocrates' level of accomplishment. ....
(1713
7
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Sophists
.... In reality, however, precisely like the
Sophists,
Plato opts for practical ends--social order and control of the people with a "noble lie." To whoever argues ....
(1551
6
)
Plato as a Rhetorician
.... It is this quest for truth that sets the tone for the high-level dispute between
Plato and the
Sophists of Isocrates' level of accomplishment. ....
(1713
7
)
The Sophists
.... Much of what we know about the
Sophists has come down to us in the writings of
Plato, though he was opposed to the
Sophists and so should not be considered an ....
(1591
6
)
Greek Religion. Paleolithic Age. Plato's Dialetic.
.... offers "to have a discussion," meaning in effect he will not listen to the kind of "rhetoric" that is typically provided by the
Sophists (
Plato 1997, 793). ....
(1920
8
)
Isocrates, Plato & Education
.... of others. In response, in "Against the
Sophists," Isocrates points out the flaws in
Plato's thinking on that point. (Although he ....
(1758
7
)
History & Sophocles, Plato, Marcus Aurelius & Capellanus
.... In the 5th century BC under the reign of Pericles, a group of itinerant teachers collectively known as
Sophists emerged (
Plato 7).
Sophists turned their ....
(2776
11
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Views of Plato & Aristotle on Rhetoric
.... willing "to have a discussion", thus maintaining that he will not hear a discourse such as that typically given by the
Sophists like Gorgias (
Plato, 1997, 793 ....
(1202
5
)
Rhetoric
.... Socrates (and therefore
Plato) argued instead that the soul and the "good" are constant that are in no way relative. The
sophists argued that since things are ....
(1011
4
)
Plato's Dialogues
.... dialogues.
Sophists, philosophers who were paid for their rhetoric, existed in
Plato's and Socrates' time and relied upon rhetoric.
Plato ....
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20
)
PLATO ESSAY: Plato's Dialogues
.... dialogues.
Sophists, philosophers who were paid for their rhetoric, existed in
Plato's and Socrates' time and relied upon rhetoric.
Plato ....
(4888
20
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Isocrates & Sophism
.... of others. In response, in "Against the
Sophists," Isocrates points out the flaws in
Plato's thinking on that point. (Although he ....
(1758
7
)
The Notion of Rationalism
.... thinkers will disagree most profoundly with those that contend that there is no such thing as objective morality (such as the
Sophists in
Plato's time), and ....
(1042
4
)
Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail and Plato's Apology
.... The Apology is Socrates' valedictory;
Plato is reconstructing the last Socratic .... different from the relationship that philosophers have to poets and
sophists. ....
(1838
7
)
Aristophanes and Socrates
.... clearly evident in the
Sophists. The portrait of Socrates, his ethics, and his ideal of both education and the state is generally derived from
Plato, and, to a ....
(2397
10
)
Socrates' Philosophy
.... As such, rather than trying to win arguments like the
Sophists did before him .... of some of his followers, most notably the renowned philosopher
Plato, to form an ....
(990
4
)
Concepts of Metaphysics
.... Protagoras would have an influence on Democritus and
Plato. He was part of a group of philosophers known as the
Sophists, and they traveled from city to city ....
(2436
10
)
Limits of Greek Democracy
.... when they retain Socrates as a character, are usually expressions of
Plato's own ideas .... Socrates mocked the
Sophists, who were paid by their pupils, and "prided ....
(2654
11
)
Socrates' Views on Death
.... deduce anything certain about Socrates' beliefs about death from what
Plato says that .... speech is using precisely the rhetorical tricks of the
Sophists that he ....
(2895
12
)
Life and Death Relationship
.... The Forms thus provide
Plato with an answer to the Socratic demand for definitions of the virtues and a reply to the relativism of the
Sophists. ....
(3039
12
)
Life and Death and Philosophy
.... The Forms thus provide
Plato with an answer to the Socratic demand for definitions of the virtues and a reply to the relativism of the
Sophists. ....
(3021
12
)
Roman Orator Cicero
.... by rules of art, including Protagoras, the first of the
Sophists, who made a ....
Plato would satirize this technical approach to rhetoric, with its emphasis on ....
(1349
5
)
Critiques of Hegel's Philosophy of Religion The purpose of this ...
.... scheme, even though questions of the dichotomy between ideal and real were asked by
Plato and Aristotle and by a whole range of mystics,
sophists, and skeptics ....
(3076
12
)
Greek Heroes "In
.... Defense of Polytropic Odysseus: Lying and Wrong-doing in
Plato's Lesser Hippias .... Rose, PW "Sophocles' and the Teachings of the
Sophists," Harvard Studies in ....
(2309
9
)
Greek Heroes: The Human versus the Humane "In
.... Defense of Polytropic Odysseus: Lying and Wrong-doing in
Plato's Lesser Hippias .... Rose, PW "Sophocles' and the Teachings of the
Sophists," Harvard Studies in ....
(2309
9
)
