“As you can imagine, the wandering Sophists created bitter wrangling in Athens by pointing out that there were no absolute norms for… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Would there be any truth in saying that psychology was created by the sophists to sow distrust between man and his world? — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“What makes a man a 'sophist' is not his faculty, but his moral purpose. (1355b 17)” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an… — David Antin Copy Share Image
Our advanced and fashionable thinkers are, naturally, out on a wide swing of the pendulum, away from the previous swing of the… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
“The most striking difference between ancient and modern sophists is that the ancients were satisfied with a passing victory of the argument… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Now I have no notion at all of propounding a new ideal. There is no new ideal imaginable by the madness of… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“They are all such notions as never came into the heart of the wisest sophists in the world to conceive of; and… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
“Why do scientists never debate philosophers? It’s because they know they would be destroyed in argument, when they have to actually clarify… — Joe Dixon Copy Share Image
The sophists were as a rule men who had traveled widely and seen different forms of government. Both conventions and local laws… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
