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Tag Archives: sophist
Sophistic Rhetoric and “Little Pink Houses”
I guess I should attempt to make a bridge between “guitar” and “sophist.” In “Encomium of Helen” the sophist Gorgias defends Helen of Troy, widely considered to be the epitome of a bad woman. Gorgias argues that she is blameless … Continue reading
Posted in Music and Guitar, Rhetoric and teaching
Tagged McCain, Mellencamp, Reagan, sophist, Springsteen
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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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