Sophistical Practice: Toward a Consistent Relativism

by Barbara Cassin

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Sophistics is the paradigm of a discourse that does things with words. It is not pure rhetoric, as Plato wants us to believe, but it provides an alternative to the philosophical mainstream. A sophistic history of philosophy questions the orthodox philosophical history of philosophy: that of ontology and truth in itself.

In this book, we discover unusual Presocratics, wreaking havoc with the fetish of true and false. Their logoi perform politics...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0823256391

ISBN13:9780823256396

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:Fordham University Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 8.9"

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Philosophy Poetry Social Science Social Sciences

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