The Greek Sophists
The Greek Sophists
SKU: B9780140436891 • Barcode: 9780140436891

The Greek Sophists

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Main subject: Ancient, classical and medieval texts
  • Genre / subject: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
  • Audience: Adults

About the book

The Greek Sophists is a philosophy book for adult readers.

A new anthology devoted to the philosophical movement that gave us the European prose style and formal oratory that persist to this day By mid-5 th century BC, Athens was governed by democratic rule and power turned upon the ability of the citizen to command the attention of the people, and to sway the crowds of the assembly.

It was the Sophists who understood the art of rhetoric and the importance of transforming effective reasoning into persuasive public speaking. Their enquiries - into the status of women, slavery, the distinction between Greeks and barbarians, the existence of the gods, the origins of religion, and whether virtue can be taught - laid the groundwork for the insights of the next generation of thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle.

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