Example sentences from the Web for sophists

Protagoras had denied the objectivity of truth, and the later Sophists had applied the same theory to morals.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy|W. T. Stace
The day is surely over when sophists like Treitschke and callous soldiers like Bernhardi could sing the praises of war.
The War and the Churches|Joseph McCabe
Of late years the Sophists have found an enthusiastic defender in the distinguished historian of Greece.
Sophist|Plato
The teaching of the Sophists was merely a translation into theoretical propositions of these practical tendencies of the period.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy|W. T. Stace

One day he entered the room where these sophists were assembled, and begged them to cease studying the Bible.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V|J. H. Merle d'Aubigné

sophists

[ (sof-ists) ]

Ancient Greek teachers who were accused by some of their contemporaries (including Plato) of being more interested in winning arguments through crafty rhetoric than in pursuing truth.

notes for sophists

By extension, a “sophist” is someone who engages in persuasive but false arguments.

Words nearby sophists

sophistic, sophisticate, sophisticated, sophistication, sophistry, sophists, Sophocles, sophomore, sophomoric, Sophonias, sophrosyne

单词	sophists
释义	Example sentences from the Web for sophists Protagoras had denied the objectivity of truth, and the later Sophists had applied the same theory to morals. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy\|W. T. Stace The day is surely over when sophists like Treitschke and callous soldiers like Bernhardi could sing the praises of war. The War and the Churches\|Joseph McCabe Of late years the Sophists have found an enthusiastic defender in the distinguished historian of Greece. Sophist\|Plato The teaching of the Sophists was merely a translation into theoretical propositions of these practical tendencies of the period. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy\|W. T. Stace One day he entered the room where these sophists were assembled, and begged them to cease studying the Bible. History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V\|J. H. Merle d'Aubigné Words related to sophists theorist, brain, philosopher, bigot, trickster, impostor, phony, crook, charlatan, logician, sage, savant, syllogist, pedant, know-it-all, scholar, cheat, faker, fake, decoy sophists [ (sof-ists) ] Ancient Greek teachers who were accused by some of their contemporaries (including Plato) of being more interested in winning arguments through crafty rhetoric than in pursuing truth. notes for sophists By extension, a “sophist” is someone who engages in persuasive but false arguments. Words nearby sophists sophistic, sophisticate, sophisticated, sophistication, sophistry, sophists, Sophocles, sophomore, sophomoric, Sophonias, sophrosyne The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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sophists

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