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Other Sophists

History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Reason, Uncategorized

August 15, 2019/By Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Other Sophists On various issues the sophists were clearly not of one mind. Callicles and Hippias of Elis both disagreed with Protagoras about the primacy of convention over nature. Nature, they...

Protagoras

History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Moral theory, Political Philosophy

August 15, 2019/By Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Protagoras Agnosticism Protagoras, who in antiquity was often thought to be an atheist, is often considered the most important of the sophists. The argument passed down from him on our inability to...

Political Philosophy of the Enlightenment

History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy

August 8, 2019/By Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Why is any political authority justified? What is the proper role of government? Who should be involved in governmental decision making? How much are individual and social well-being interconnected? Political...

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Protagoras

Political Philosophy of the Enlightenment