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Definitions of sophist in various dictionaries:
noun - any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects
noun - someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
One skilled in elaborate and devious argumentation.
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| Plato & Aristotle gave this word for a teacher the meaning "one who quibbles & argues deviously" |
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A sophist (Greek: , sophistes) was a specific kind of teacher in ancient Greece, in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Many sophists specialized in using the tools of philosophy and rhetoric, though other sophists taught subjects such as music, athletics, and mathematics. In general, they claimed to teach arete ("excellence" or "virtue", applied to various subject areas), predominantly to young statesmen and nobility. * The term originated from Greek , sophisma, from , sophizo "I am wise"; confer , sophists, meaning "wise-ist, one who does wisdom," and , sophós means "wise man". * There are not many writings from and about the first sophists. The early sophists' practice of charging money, often employed by rich people, for education and providing wisdom only to those who could pay resulted in the condemnations made by Socrates through Plato in his Dialogues, as well as by Xenophon in his Memorabilia and, somewhat controversially, by Aristotle who, being paid to tutor Alexander the Great, |