Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals)

by David Rankin

Book Overview

The Sophists, the Socratics and the Cynics had one important characteristic in common: they mainly used spoken natural language as their instrument of investigation, and they were more concerned to discover human nature in its various practical manifestations than the facts of the physical world.

The Sophists are too often remembered merely as the opponents of Socrates and Plato. Rankin discusses what social needs prompted the development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138781584
• ISBN13: 9781138781580
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"