GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

Terrance F. Flaherty Lycidas at worldnet.att.net
Sat Dec 11 20:10:39 CST 1999



rj wrote:
> 
> > I
> > am not using the term sophist as an insult.
> 
> But the term "sophist" is an insult. And, neither Nietzsche or Foucault
> can be Sophists, because they are not ancient Greeks.
> 
> best


OK, I will withdraw the term Sophist, but again, I used the
term as I have used the term Platonist, Neoplatonist or
Aristotelian. This is a way for me ( and others) to explain
a comparative hermeneutic of major philosophical trends and
schools. To give one example, I said Nietzche is essentially
Sophistic and I would say, Augustine is essentially
Platonic. I will avoid these terms from now on.



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