Sophists

Andrew Clarke Walser awalse1 at icarus.cc.uic.edu
Mon Dec 13 20:47:15 CST 1999


On Sunday, 12 December 1999, rj wrote:

 But the term "sophist" is an insult.

	RJ --
	Following the lead of the French, American academics have sought
to redeem the sophists -- to place them in opposition to Plato and,
therefore, on the side of deconstruction.
	For a fun and feminist example, check out Susan Jarratt's
REREADING THE SOPHISTS . . .

				Andrew Walser




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