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{{cquote|The sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals who frequented [[Athens]] and other [[Greece|Greek]] cities in the second half of the fifth century B.C.E.... | {{cquote|The sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals who frequented [[Athens]] and other [[Greece|Greek]] cities in the second half of the fifth century B.C.E.... | ||
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The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy declares concerning sophism:
| “ | The sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals who frequented Athens and other Greek cities in the second half of the fifth century B.C.E....
Due in large part to the influence of Plato and Aristotle, the term sophistry has come to signify the deliberate use of fallacious reasoning, intellectual charlatanism and moral unscrupulousness.[1] |
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