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sophist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | casuist |
| Type of | ratiocinator, reasoner |
| Derivation | sophism, sophistic, sophistical |
sophist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | philosopher |
| Derivation | sophistic |
Examples of sophist
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Sophist arguments based on lies in order to destroy the other party were used.
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For that, you don't need to be an artist, you just need to be a practiced sophist.
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Aristophanes'comedy The Clouds, produced in 423 BC, portrays Socrates as a sophist.
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Among other charges, Aeschines is basically characterized as a sophist in the speech.
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This may be, perhaps, compared to the sophist discourse in Ancient Greece.
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The sophists generally gave their discourses in Rome or one of three major sophist centers.
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Turning to Gavin Newsom, I hold my head in shame that my side lacks such an eloquent sophist.
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In this view, the sophist is not concerned with truth and justice, but instead seeks power.
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In modern usage, sophism, sophist and sophistry are derogatory terms.
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- Any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects
- Casuist: someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
- (sophistic) of or pertaining to sophists
- (sophistic) plausible but misleading
- (sophism) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- The Sophist (Greek: u03A3u03BFu03C6u03B9u03C3u03C4u03AEu03C2; Latin: Sophista) is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher's late period, most likely written in 360 BC. Its main theme is to identify what a sophist is and how a sophist differs from a philosopher and statesman...
- Sophism can mean two very different things: In the modern definition (from Plato), a sophism is a specious argument used for deceiving someone. ...
- One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece, especially one who used fallacious but plausible reasoning; One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument
- (sophism) A flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive. An intentional fallacy
