Manc in London
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Socrates was just a pound shop Plato.
Socrates the teacher. Plato the pupil. Aristotle the pupil of the pupil. :)
Socrates was just a pound shop Plato.
Useful Acronym no. 6376. SPA.Socrates the teacher. Plato the pupil. Aristotle the pupil of the pupil. :)
Socrates the teacher. Plato the pupil. Aristotle the pupil of the pupil. :)
Protagoras was the granddaddy of them all.Socrates the teacher. Plato the pupil. Aristotle the pupil of the pupil. :)
Protagoras was the granddaddy of them all.
Then this is the thread for you! ;-)I have nothing positive to say about the Sophists. They were the weakest Greek school of philosophy. They were simply about winning arguments (or at least to give that impression) to give the impression they knew everything. They also charged for their 'advice'. Socrates' starting point was that we understand very little and life was about gaining knowledge.
Sophistry, as a trait, is something I dislike in people :)
Then this is the thread for you! ;-)