The Sophists
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2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-70621-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-70621-6 (ISBN)
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This translated volume presents a new vision of the Sophists. It assesses specific contributions of thinkers like Protagoras, Gorgias and Antiphon, and how they shifted the focus of ancient philosophy from the cosmos to man through their questioning of the nature of knowledge and language and the grounds of morality and politics.
From Socrates and Plato onwards, the Sophists were often targeted by the authoritative philosophical tradition as being mere charlatans and poor teachers. This book, translated and significantly updated from its most recent Italian version (2nd edition, 2013), challenges these criticisms by offering an overall interpretation of their thought, and by assessing the specific contributions of thinkers like Protagoras, Gorgias and Antiphon. A new vision of the Sophists emerges: they are protagonists and agents of fundamental change in the history of ancient philosophy, who questioned the grounds of morality and politics, as well as the nature of knowledge and language. By shifting the focus from the cosmos to man, the Sophists inaugurate an alternative form of philosophy, whose importance is only now becoming clear.
From Socrates and Plato onwards, the Sophists were often targeted by the authoritative philosophical tradition as being mere charlatans and poor teachers. This book, translated and significantly updated from its most recent Italian version (2nd edition, 2013), challenges these criticisms by offering an overall interpretation of their thought, and by assessing the specific contributions of thinkers like Protagoras, Gorgias and Antiphon. A new vision of the Sophists emerges: they are protagonists and agents of fundamental change in the history of ancient philosophy, who questioned the grounds of morality and politics, as well as the nature of knowledge and language. By shifting the focus from the cosmos to man, the Sophists inaugurate an alternative form of philosophy, whose importance is only now becoming clear.
Foreword Mauro Bonazzi; 1. The Sophists: history of a name and prejudice; 2. Being and truth, humanity and reality; 3. A world of words: the Sophists at the crossroads between grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and philosophy; 4. Justice and law; 5. Teaching virtue: the Sophists between happiness and success; 6. The gods and religion; Appendix 1. The protagonists; Appendix 2. The Sophists and specialist forms of knowledge (Technai); Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Surveys in the Classics |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 233 mm |
| Gewicht | 270 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-70621-5 / 1108706215 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-70621-6 / 9781108706216 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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