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Sophistês (from sophos, “wise”) originally designated epic poets, prophets, sages, Presocratic philosophers and others with wisdom beneficial to society. Sometime after c. 450 bce it was applied to a new kind of wise people.
Richard D. McKirahan
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Poetry and philosophy in the sophists [PDF]
This paper examines the relationship between poetry and philosophy in the sophists, asking what role earlier traditions of poetry and song played in their work. The sophists’ influence on various genres of literature and philosophy is widely acknowledged,
Allan, William, William Allan
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Antilogies in Ancient Athens: An Inventory and Appraisal
Antilogies, or pairs of symmetrically opposed speeches or arguments, were generally ignored by Plato, Isocrates, Aristotle, Cicero, and Diogenes Laertius, and, later, by Eduard Norden, Hermann Diels, and most modern scholars of antiquity.
Livio Rossetti
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Philo of Alexandria on the difference between philosophers and sophists [PDF]
This paper investigates the different ways that Philo depicts sophists and sophistry in his writings with particular attention to how he contrasts this group with philosophers and wisdom. I begin by tracing the history of this comparison in Greek authors
Adams, Sean A.
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İbn Sînâ’nın eş-Şifâ: Metafizik 1/8’de Sofistlerle Tartışma ve Dış Karşısında Zihnin Araçsallaşması
Bu çalışma İbn Sînâ’nın eş-Şifâ: Metafizik kitabının birinci makalesinin sekizinci faslını odağına alma amacındadır. Söz konusu fasıldaki sofistlere dair yapılan incelemenin metafizik ilmi açısından gerekliliği, zihni arka planı, burada kullanılan yöntem
Ömer Ali Yıldırım
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Nietzsche and the «Disinterested Knowledge» of the Sophists
The aim of the present work is to approach the sophist tradition from a Nietzschean perspective. More specifically, we analyze how the sophists and the contest that develops between them serve the philosopher as a tool to confront the Platonic tradition.
Úrsula Carrión Caravedo
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The Metaphysics of Sophistry: Protagoras, Nāgārjuna, Antilogos
There is no category of thought more deliberately or explicitly relegated to a subordinate role in Plato’s dialogues than Sophists and sophistry. It is due to Plato’s influence that terms “sophist” and “sophistry” handed down to us have unilaterally ...
Robin Reames
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Implikasi Hikmat Menurut Paulus Dalam Menentang Pengaruh Ajaran Kaum Sofis Di Korintus
Paul, Apostle relates the Good News to the wisdom of God that is understood by humans who give themselves to believe in Jesus. However, the presence of the powerful Sophists with the teaching of worldly wisdom and relying on the power of the word of ...
Anggi Maringan Hasiholan, Andreas Budi
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Hermeneutics of Aristotle and Hermeneutics of Sophists in Terms of Dialogue Philosophy. Part 1
The article considers the logical and philosophical doctrine of sophists, which, according to some modern researchers, was more philosophical than their ancient critics recognized. A comparison of the provisions of Aristotle's hermeneutics with preserved
Ilya Dvorkin
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Nicomedia and Constantinople, the two largest cities of the Roman Empire on the Marmara coast, drew attention as very rich and developed metropoleis in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
Onur Sadık Karakuş
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