| #83208 in Books | imusti | 2009-09-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 4.90 x.30 x7.50l,.20 | File type: PDF | 128 pages | Oxford University Press USA||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Who are the sophists?|By HH|Taylor's translation of the Protagoras is careful and refreshing. He avoids conventional misrenderings, and always explains problem words in the notes. For example, 'sophrosune' is soundness of mind (not temperance) and the concept (difficult and changing even in Plato's writing) is discussed thoroughly in Taylor's introductory essay, which is clear|About the Author|C.C.W. Taylor is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
In the fifth century BC professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in public and private life. In this dialogue Plato shows the pretensions of the leading sophist, Protagoras, challenged by the critical arguments of Socrates. From criticism of the educational aims and methods of the sophists the dialogue broadens out to consider the nature of the good life, and the role of pleasure and intellect in the context of that life.<...
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