Plato's Counterfeit Sophists

Plato's Counterfeit Sophists
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : 0674055918
ISBN-13 : 9780674055919
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Download or read book Plato's Counterfeit Sophists written by Håkan Tell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plato's Counterfeit Sophists explores the place of the sophists within the Greek wisdom tradition, and argues against their almost universal exclusion from serious intellectual traditions. This book seeks to offer a revised history of the development of Greek philosophy, as well as of the potential--yet never realized--courses it might have followed.


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