Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals)
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Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals)

David Rankin

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Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals)

David Rankin

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The Sophists, the Socratics and the Cynics had one important characteristic in common: they mainly used spoken natural language as their instrument of investigation, and they were more concerned to discover human nature in its various practical manifestations than the facts of the physical world.

The Sophists are too often remembered merely as the opponents of Socrates and Plato. Rankin discusses what social needs prompted the development of their theories and provided a market for their teaching. Five prominent Sophists – Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias and Thrasymachus – are looked at individually. The author discusses their origins, aims and arguments, and relates the issues they focussed on to debates apparent in contemporary literature.

Sophists, Socratics and Cynics, first published in 1983, also traces the sophistic strand in Greek thought beyond the great barrier of Plato, emphasising continuity with the Cynics, and concludes with a look forward to Epicureans and Stoics.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
9781317670537
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Contents
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. Preface
  10. Dedication
  11. 1 The Sophistic Movement: Beginnings and Identity
  12. 2 Five Prominent Sophists: Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias, Thrasymachus
  13. 3 Less Prominent Sophists
  14. 4 Nature Versus Law, Relativism and the Origins of Society
  15. 5 First Philosophies?
  16. 6 Thucydides: Sophistic Method and Historical Research
  17. 7 Sophistry and Tragedy
  18. 8 Atheism
  19. 9 Socrates
  20. 10 Plato
  21. 11 The Socratics
  22. 12 Antisthenes
  23. 13 Diogenes and the Cynics
  24. 14 Conclusion
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index
Citation styles for Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals)

APA 6 Citation

Rankin, D. (2014). Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals) (1st ed.). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1665189/sophists-socratics-and-cynics-routledge-revivals-pdf (Original work published 2014)

Chicago Citation

Rankin, David. (2014) 2014. Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals). 1st ed. Taylor and Francis. https://www.perlego.com/book/1665189/sophists-socratics-and-cynics-routledge-revivals-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Rankin, D. (2014) Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals). 1st edn. Taylor and Francis. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1665189/sophists-socratics-and-cynics-routledge-revivals-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Rankin, David. Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals). 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2014. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.