WISDOM FOR SALE? THE SOPHISTS AND MONEY.

In this article, the author explores some connotations about the sophists' practice of accepting money for instruction. He presents arguments why Plato adopted it as basic to his portrayal of the sophists. He also considers the pervasiveness of the juxtaposition of the sophists and fees in the Plato...

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Published in:Classical Philology Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 13 - 34
Main Author: Tell, Håkan
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Published: University of Chicago Press Jan2009
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