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Socrates challenges sophists on virtue, pleasure, and the good life.
Protagoras
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128 pages
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24 June 2009
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Summary
‘You are going to entrust your soul to the care of a sophist. But I should be surprised if you even know what a sophist is.’
In the fifth century BC, professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in public and private life. In this dialogue, Plato shows the pretensions of the leading sophist, Protagoras, challenged by the critical arguments of Socrates. From criticism of the educational aims and methods of the sophists, the dialogue broadens…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199555659 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199555656 |
| Author: | Plato, C.C.W. Taylor |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 103g |
| Dimensions: | 7mm x 128mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
128 × 196 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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Plato
Catalin Partenie is co-editor of Plato’s Complete Works in Romanian (2001-2005).
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