The Cambridge Companion to the Sophists

ISBN-13: 9781108494687 / Angielski

Joshua Billings; Christopher Moore

Opis

A comprehensive introduction to the Classical Greek sophists, placing them afresh in their cultural context. These public figures, such as Protagoras and Gorgias, were wide-ranging experts before discipline-specialization, and represent the flourishing of linguistic, historical, and philosophical reflection in the time of Socrates.

Spis treści

Introduction: the problem of the sophists Joshua Billings and Christopher Moore; Part I. Contexts: 1. Sophia before the sophists Kathryn A. Morgan; 2. The sophists between aristocracy and democracy Mark Munn; 3. The professional lives of the sophists Håkan Tell; 4. The sophists in the fifth-century enlightenment Joshua Billings; Part II. Thoughts: 5. Nature and norms Richard Bett; 6. The turn to language Mauro Bonazzi; 7. Problems of being Evan Rodriguez; 8. Politics in theory and practice Chloe Balla; 9. Interrogating the Gods Mirjam E. Kotwick; 10. Skills of argument Mi-Kyoung Lee; 11. Civic and anti-civic ethics David Conan Wolfsdorf; Part III. Receptions: 12. The fourth-century creative reception of the sophists Christopher Moore; 13. Writing the first sophistic Susan Prince; 14. The sophists in the history of philosophy Christopher C. Raymond; Appendix: the people of the sophistic period Christopher Moore.