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Sophist - Wikipedia
A sophist (Greek: σοφιστής, romanized: sophistēs) was a teacher in ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. Sophists specialized in one or more subject areas, such as philosophy, rhetoric, music, athletics and mathematics. They taught arete, "virtue" or "excellence", predominantly to young statesmen and nobility.
Sophism - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A sophism is a statement to deceive someone in a debate or conversation to make themselves look right when they are wrong. Sophism sometimes shows up as difficult words and complicated sentences to coerce the audience into agreeing with them.
SOPHISM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SOPHISM is an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid; especially : such an argument used to deceive.
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Rhetoric & Argumentation - Britannica
Sophist, any of certain Greek lecturers, writers, and teachers in the 5th and 4th centuries bce, most of whom traveled about the Greek-speaking world giving instruction in a wide range of subjects in return for fees. The term sophist (Greek sophistes) had earlier applications.
The Sophists - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Our understanding of the sophists is deeply colored by Plato’s strenuous efforts to sharply distinguish philosophers from sophists, and in particular to make a case that the Athenians were wrong to regard Socrates as one of the sophists.
SOPHISM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SOPHISM definition: 1. an argument that seems true but is really false and is used to deceive people 2. an argument…. Learn more.
What Is Sophism? - The Spiritual Life
A sophism is taken as a specious argument used for deception. It might be crafted to appear logical while actually representing a falsehood, or it might use obscure words and complicated sentence constructions in order to intimidate the opponent into agreement out of fear of feeling foolish.
Sophists - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Due in large part to the influence of Plato and Aristotle, the term sophistry has come to signify the deliberate use of fallacious reasoning, intellectual charlatanism and moral unscrupulousness.
Sophist - Rhetoric, Argumentation, Education | Britannica
Among moderns, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was one of the first to reinsert the Sophists into the history of Greek philosophy.
Sophism | argument | Britannica
A sophism is a fallacy in which the error has been knowingly committed, for whatever purpose. If the error introduced into a calculation or a proof leads innocently to a correct result, the result is a “howler,” often said to depend on “making the right mistake.”
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