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The Sophists’ Political Art

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Mantzanas M.
Dialogue and Universalism
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2015
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issue 1
231-236
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The Sophists were the first supporters of the values of knowledge, education and po-litical self-determination. Their attitude and tactics demonstrated that human nature and especially every individual’s personality is of prior importance. The Sophists rejected the idea of the ontological stability of the laws and declared their confidence in the eternal values of the natural law and cosmopolitanism, in the individual ability of every human being and in the concurrent refusal of traditions and of any form of authenticity. In addition, the Sophists were the first innovative enlightenment philosophers, who tried to exert their influence on society by using their teachings.
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Sophist, Aristotle, and Stoic: Three Concepts of Ancient Rhetoric

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Jaroszyński P., Rolstone L.
Studia Gilsoniana
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2022
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vol. 11
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issue 1
59-87
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This study examines the concepts of rhetoric used in ancient times, using a process of research based upon “Interpretivist research Philosophy”. Common thinking among rhetoricians and philosophers in general argues that one concept of rhetoric was utilized. this paper argues that there were at least three concepts of rhetoric known in Antiquity. each was unique in its own right and contributed to what was to be a new body of knowledge. research conclusions stem from a study of the works of ancient authors, including Plato and Aristotle, and from schools of philosophies, including the writings of Stoics and Sophists. the reviewed literature supports the thesis presented in this paper that at least three concepts of rhetoric were known and used.
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Prodicus at the Crossroads. Once Again on the Antilogy

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Giombini S.
Peitho. Examina Antiqua
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2017
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vol. 8
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issue 1
187-200
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the tale of Heracles at the Crossroads, attributed to Prodicus by Socrates in Xenophon’s Memorabilia, through the notion of antilogy. The apologue has got an antilogic structure that is immediately outlined in the description of the situation in which the young Heracles finds himself. But the text, seemingly antilogic, does not develop itself according to one of the most important rules of antilogies, i.e., the epistemic parity of two speeches, since it appears to be completely in favor of just one of the theses. Prodicus would have had no interest in writing a text that did not demonstrate his rhetorical and linguistic abilities. According to this perspective, Xenophon’s version of Heracles at the Crossroads does not seem to be the original version by Prodicus, as can be seen by analyzing its structure and properties.
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Protagoras i Gorgiasz we współczesnych mass mediach

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Jęczeń J.
Roczniki Teologiczne
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2015
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vol. 62
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issue 10: Nauki o rodzinie
79-93
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Until not so long Sophists' methods were very popular among young people, particularly the ones regarding moral life. Protagoras did not directly advocate for objective truth, for the good or evil, for justice and injustice. He only taught methods for winning disputes with the argument one was concerned about. The content of the statement itself was of no importance; argument's victory was the ultimate goal. Even the weaskest, unlikelely or simply untrue argument in the discussion can win given that the proper technique and skills in use of words are applied. Along human civilization development, this word-use technique and verbal dexterity have assumed different forms. First and foremost they have served the purpose of relativism in human thinking and acting. Man was gripped with nihilism to a lesser extent; Gorgias was a representative of nihilism. Negation of any truth, radical separation of thoughts, words and being has been present in every era and has had its small-scale representation. The Sophists' views have weakened and still weaken the importance of truth in human life. And only the truth, as the contemporary philosopher Karol Wojtyła says constitutes humanity and every human being's dignity.
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Metody sofistów cieszyły się dużym zainteresowaniem młodych ludzi, zwłaszcza w sferze życia moralnego. Protagoras nie opowiadał się bezpośrednio za obiektywną prawdą, za dobrem czy złem, sprawiedliwością czy niesprawiedliwością. Uczył tylko metody, za pomocą której zwycięży argument, na którym nam zależy. Nieważne, jaka jest treść naszej wypowiedzi, ważne jest, aby ona zwyciężyła. Najsłabszy argument w dyskusji, mało prawdopodobny, a nawet nieprawdziwy, może zwyciężyć dzięki odpowiedniej technice używania słowa i zręczności. W cywilizacyjnym rozwoju człowieka owa technika używania słowa i ludzka zręczność przybierały różne formy. Najczęściej jednak służyły relatywizmowi w ludzkim myśleniu i działaniu. W mniejszym stopniu ogarniał człowieka nihilizm, którego przedstawicielem był Gorgiasz. Zanegowanie jakiejkolwiek prawdy, radykalny rozdział pomiędzy myślą, słowem i bytem znajdował w każdej epoce dziejów małą reprezentację. Poglądy sofistów osłabiały niegdyś i osłabiają dziś znaczenie prawdy w życiu człowieka, a tylko ona, jak mówi współczesny nam filozof Karol Wojtyła stanowi o człowieczeństwie i godności każdego człowieka.
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The Unknown Socrates

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Rossetti L.
Peitho. Examina Antiqua
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2010
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vol. 1
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issue 1
13-30
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The first part of the present paper argues against any attempts to find a set of fixed points of a doctrine that could be ascribed to Socrates. The main thesis of the article has it that Socrates was part of a cultural movement that was marked by a tendency to rather raise questions than merely provide answers and boast about having a number of doctrines or doxai of their own. The second part of the paper concentrates on a number of memorable innovations that eventually constituted Greek culture, e.g., the idea that it is possible and desirable to be in full control of oneself and, consequently, to shoulder responsibility for one’s deeds rather than merely avoid and deny it. Thus, Socrates and ancient Socratic literature are shown here to be a probable source of numerous ideas that the western civilization has built on for centuries, these being, for instance, the idea of the limits of our powers. Hence, the conclusion of the article is that it would be a serious mistake to exclude Socrates from this major cultural development, even though the thinker did produce neither a theory nor a body of theories.
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Mentre la prima rivista polacca di filosofia antica inizia le pubblicazioni, è per me unonore e una sfida riprendere, sulle sue pagine, il tema Socrate e fare ancora un tentativoper capire chi realmente egli fu. Quaranta anni di studi sull’argomento mi hanno, invero,fornito molteplici stimoli e strumenti per indagare e cercar di capire qualcosa intornoa un personaggio comunemente ritenuto sfuggente come pochi. In questo contributo,partendo dalle considerazioni proposte in un altro articolo recente1, provo a individuaredue facce del personaggio: da un lato il suo dialogare e il senso che questo suo dialogarepoté avere nell’orizzonte delle invenzioni letterarie del V secolo, dall’altro le potentiinnovazioni di cui Socrate sembra essere stato portatore nel campo dello stile di vita,dell’ottimismo etico e dell’impegno. Il titolo del mio scritto è provocatorio, ma quantomenoaderisce alla convinzione che la sua figura abbia bisogno di essere profondamenteripensata.
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The first part of the present paper argues against any attempts to find a set of fixed points of a doctrine that could be ascribed to Socrates. The main thesis of the article has it that Socrates was part of a cultural movement that was marked by a tendency to rather raise questions than merely provide answers and boast about having a number of doctrines or doxai of their own. The second part of the paper concentrates on a number of memorable innovations that eventually constituted Greek culture, e.g., the idea that it is possible and desirable to be in full control of oneself and, consequently, to shoulder responsibility for one’s deeds rather than merely avoid and deny it. Thus, Socrates and ancient Socratic literature are shown here to be a probable source of numerous ideas that the western civilization has built on for centuries, these being, for instance, the idea of the limits of our powers. Hence, the conclusion of the article is that it would be a serious mistake to exclude Socrates from this major cultural development, even though the thinker did produce neither a theory nor a body of theories.
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