| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Corey, David Dwyer
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| URN |
etd-0415102-173827 |
| Title |
The Greek Sophists: Teachers of Virtue |
| Degree |
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) |
| Department |
Political Science |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Cecil L. Eubanks |
Committee Chair |
| G. Ellis Sandoz |
Committee Member |
| James R. Stoner |
Committee Member |
| Mary J. Sirridge |
Committee Member |
| William A. Clark |
Committee Member |
| Alexandre Leupin |
Dean's Representative |
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| Keywords |
- sophists
- virtue
- socrates
- prodicus
- protagoras
- hippias
- plato
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| Date of Defense |
2002-04-08 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This dissertation is a study of the Greek sophists as teachers of aretê (virtue or human excellence) and a study of the conflict between sophistic and Socratic political values as portrayed in the dialogues of Plato. The first section offers a new definition of the term "sophist" based on ancient sources and attempts to present as clear a picture as is historically possible of the sophists' activities. The second section examines and evaluates Plato's criticisms of the sophists drawing attention especially to the dependence of certain criticisms upon a questionable set of epistemological assumptions about the role of knowledge in ethical action. And the final section describes in detail what the sophists understood aretê to entail and how they went about teaching it.
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