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First Meeting

The first meeting of “Pedagogies of Reading” went well, at least in my view. No one complained about the reading load, all the assignments were accepted without groaning or moaning, and students participated in discussions with some engagement and enthusiasm. … Continue reading

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What is a Sophist?

The sophists were in a sense traveling professors of rhetoric and other arts.  Most of what we know about them comes from Plato in dialogues like the Gorgias and the Protagoras.  Susan Jarratt, in Re-reading the Sophists, argues that Plato … Continue reading

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