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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      23 December 2023
      19 October 2023
      ISBN:
      9781108859639
      9781108494687
      9781108796859
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108859639
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.9kg, 524 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.76kg, 524 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Philosophy, Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    History of Philosophy, Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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    The Classical Greek sophists – Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias, and Antiphon, among others – are some of the most important figures in the flourishing of linguistic, historical, and philosophical reflection at the time of Socrates. They are also some of the most controversial: what makes the sophists distinctive, and what they contributed to fifth-century intellectual culture, has been hotly debated since the time of Plato. They have often been derided as reactionaries, relativists or cynically superficial thinkers, or as mere opportunists, making money from wealthy democrats eager for public repute. This volume takes a fresh perspective on the sophists – who really counted as one; how distinctive they were; and what kind of sense later thinkers made of them. In three sections, contributors address the sophists' predecessors and historical and professional context; their major intellectual themes, including language, ethics, society, and religion; and their reception from the fourth century BCE to modernity.

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    ‘[This Companion] is among those rare edited volumes where the whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts. Its contributions are uniformly excellent.’

    Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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