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The sophists : an introduction / edited by Patricia F. O'Grady. - 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781472521194

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophy, Ancient.
Sophists (Greek philosophy)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B288 / .S67 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 183.1