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Socrates And Gorgias
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The most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire enterprise since he sought genuine knowledge rather than mere victory over an opponent. Socrates employed the same logical trick, developed by the Sophists to ....
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....rates, just as every other competitive skill. For one has learned boxing and pankration and fighting in heavy armor, so as to be stronger than both friends and enemies-one must not on this account either beat or stab and kill friend..." and he goes on about the teacher and the student, in relation to the use and responsibility of knowledge. He is basically saying that rhetoric is a competitive skill, and can be used as a weapon in competition. When it is taught to the student, it's intent is not.... |
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