Presocratic vs Sophist - What's the difference?
presocratic | sophist |
Any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato.
of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
A teacher who used plausible but fallacious reasoning.
One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
As nouns the difference between presocratic and sophist
is that presocratic is any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with Socrates and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato while sophist is one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.As an adjective Presocratic
is of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole.presocratic
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Alternative forms
* Pre-Socratic * pre-SocraticNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia Presocratic)Adjective
(head)sophist
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(wikipedia sophist)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* The meaning of "sophist" can vary depending on the time period to which one is referring. A sophist of the earliest period was a master in his art or craft who demonstrated (taught by example) his practical skill/learning in exchange for pay. Later sophists were providers of a well-rounded education intended to give pupils arete'' – "virtue, human excellence". By late antiquity, ''sophist?s'' / ''sophistes'' tended to denote exclusively a skilled public speaker and/or teacher of rhetoric.''Dictionary of Philosophy'', (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. ''See:'' "Sophists" by Max Fishler, p. 295."History of the name ‘Sophist’," ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' at ''www.britannica.com .