What is Sophistry: A Study of Plato’s Sophist

Plato's dialogue, The Sophist, examines what exactly a sophist is and what sophistry involves. The dialogue characters recognize that it's very hard to fully encapsulate a sophist within just one definition. Ultimately they end up with around 7 different definitions for a sophist that speak to different elements. One definition even goes so far as to define the sophist as a hunter of humans using persuasion in order to receive money. In the end, even though we often use the words "sophist" and "sophistry" somewhat loose in today's culture, Plato's definitions might give us a more concrete way of identifying sophistry when we encounter it.
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[@TheMjsanty]

For the algorithm

[@PhilosophyToons]

thx yo

[@Christophe_derBerge-op9zh]

Jeez so many sophists. Sophistry overload. Please don’t start a cult of sophistry. There is too much competition already!
I know you won’t, you always keep it real 💯
Plato had a lot more patience than I do.

[@EM-it9ju]

Got you homes, nice video 👌

[@vitalis]

How did you do the mind map tree? can you share it? Btw, subbed either way. Keep it up!

[@ourdivinemouseoverlord3308]

So, I suppose an example of modern day sophists are life coaches? Or did this one go over my head?

[@Christophe_derBerge-op9zh]

Jordan Peterson
(let the comments combat commence)

[@louquay]

Lawyers too

[@nothinghalo8]

Politicians

[@jameseldridge3445]

Jews

[@jayyyen]

When Sophist girls around they be actin like they drunk they be actin like they drunk

[@PhilosophyToons]

Like a Phae-Drus

[@evo1ov3]

Lemme guess I'm gonna conjecture that Plato's sophist is one the guys holding up objects in front of the cave's fire?

[@abdirahmanhabib398]

" Just get to the point plato!!!!" 😢
😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@evo1ov3]

I have not read that one yet.

[@StrangeCornersOfThought]

You have a delorian?

[@PhilosophyToons]

I wish...

[@nonical1429]

Nice

[@ivanovski2451]

algorithm ☃️

[@evo1ov3]

Great video! That sounds like Plato alright. Especially when he goes off on some wild ass side quest "tagent." Only to return to the main subject 20 pages later. 😆 Freaken Plato I swear!
What's some of your favorite Plato side quest tangents? Mine has got to be in the Republic. (somewhere before book 6) Where Plato just immediately warps out of the present narrative. To do all this mathematical geometry stuff about births in the greek zodiac.... I'm just like... Wtf is this guy smoking right now? The f is this stuff? 😆 It's like Plato lost his wifi connection to the simulation and started blue screening. Because he actually like some kind of AI cyborg sent from the future. And he cannot make sense of our bs for a moment. Then *poof* his software goes through an update. And he's back on topic. With his Bluetooth connection to the aether restored. Idk.... It's like wildest S. I'm like. Wth am i even reading right now? 😆

[@ivanovski2451]

👍

[@lobomarin5459]

Yoooo

[@John-ir4id]

So... Gold-diggers?