SOPHISTS

Meaning of SOPHISTS in English

plural of sophist

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SOPHISTS — Group of itinerant professional teachers, lecturers, and writers prominent in Greece in the later 5th century BC. The sophistic movement …
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SOPHISTS — n. Group of itinerant professional teachers, lecturers, and writers prominent in Greece in the later 5th century BC. The sophistic …
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SOPHISTIC — or ~al adjective Date: 15th century of or relating to sophists, sophistry, or the ancient Sophists , plausible but fallacious …
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PROTAGORAS — born 485, Abdera, Greece died с 410 BC Greek philosopher, first and most famous of the sophists . He spent …
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SOPHISTIC — I. (ˈ)sä|fistik, səˈf-, sōˈf-, -tēk adjective Etymology: Latin sophisticus, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs + -ikos -ic 1. a. : …
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PRE-SOCRATIC — I. |prē+ adjective Usage: sometimes capitalized P & usually capitalized S Etymology: pre- + socratic : of or relating to …
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SOPHISTRY — ˈsäfə̇strē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English sophistrie, from Middle French, from sophistre sophist + -ie -y — …
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SKEPTIC — noun or scep·tic ˈskeptik, -tēk ( -s ) Etymology: Latin or Greek; Latin scepticus, from Greek skeptikos, from skeptikos thoughtful, …
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EFFLUX — ˈeˌfləks noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin effluxus, past participle of effluere 1. a. : something that emanates in or …
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DISPROVE — “+ transitive verb Etymology: Middle English disproven, from Middle French desprover, from des- dis- (I) + prover to prove — …
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SOPHISTIC — — sophistically , adv. — sophisticalness , n. /seuh fis"tik/ , adj. 1. of the nature of sophistry; fallacious. 2. …
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SOPHISTICAL — adj. of or pertaining to sophists; fallacious, unsound, not based on facts; misleading, deceptive
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SOPHISTIC — adj. of or pertaining to sophists; fallacious, unsound, not based on facts; misleading, deceptive
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SOPHISTIC — adjective or so·phis·ti·cal -ti-kəl Date: 15th century 1. : of or relating to sophists, sophistry, or the ancient Sophists sophistic …
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SOPHISTIC — [so.phis.tic] or so.phis.ti.cal adj (15c) 1: of or relating to sophists, sophistry, or the ancient Sophists "~ rhetoric" "~ subtleties" …
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SOCIAL CONTRACT — in political philosophy, an actual or hypothetical compact, or agreement, between the ruled and their rulers, defining the rights and …
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NOMOS — ( (Greek: law, or custom), ) plural Nomoi, in law, the concept of law in ancient Greek philosophy. The problems …
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HUMANITIES — those branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture or with analytic and critical methods of …
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ETHICS — also called Moral Philosophy, the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong. The term is …
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SOPHIST — in philosophy, a member of a group of itinerant professional teachers, lecturers, and writers prominent in Greece in the latter …
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PROTAGORAS — born c. 485 BC, , Abdera, Greece died c. 410 thinker and teacher, the first and most famous of the …
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PLATONISM — family of philosophic movements that derive their ultimate inspiration from the Dialogues of Plato and embrace his belief in absolute …
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PHILOSTRATUS, FLAVIUS, THE ATHENIAN — born AD 170 died c. 245 ancient Greek writer who studied at Athens and some time after 202 entered the …
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PHALARIS — died c. 554 BC tyrant of Acragas (modern Agrigento), Sicily, notorious for his cruelty. He is alleged to have roasted …
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HIPPIAS OF ELIS — flourished 5th century BC, , Elis, in the Peloponnese, Greece Sophist philosopher who contributed significantly to mathematics by discovering the …
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HERODES ATTICUS — born AD 101, Marathon, Achaea died 177 in full Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes most celebrated of the …
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GREGORAS, NICEPHORUS — born 1295, Heraclea Pontica, Sultanate of Rum died 1360, near Constantinople Byzantine Humanist scholar, philosopher, and theologian whose 37-volume Byzantine …
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GREEK RELIGION — the complex of beliefs and practices that constituted the interrelation of the ancient Greeks and their gods. Lasting over a …
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GORDIAN I — born c. 157 died April 238 Latin in full Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Roman emperor for three weeks …
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EUNAPIUS — born c. 345, , Sardis, Lydia died c. 420 Greek rhetorician and historiographer whose Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists …
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