Hi All,
Hope you are having a happy end of break.
You can access Plato's Protagoras for free on line at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1591
it is the primary text we'll be working with on Tuesday.
Tuesday we will review Anaxagoras and the Atomists with an eye toward how they establish / clear the metaphysical ground for the Sophists.
We'll talk a bit about the sophists generally
then we'll look at Plato's Protagoras for a vivid description of the sophists in action.
This will also involve a discussion of Plato's overall dialogic aims and the problems with using him for a source for understanding other figures.
What fun.
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