A complex and complete picture of the theory, practice, and reception of Sophistic argument Recent decades have witnessed a major restoration of the Sophists' r

As a child, Timothy Williams dreamt vivid dreams about the great Champions of Light and their continuing battle against the forces of Darkness. Now an adult, Ti

This book explores Plato's implicit understanding of argumentation by reviewing his standing as a logician, rhetorician, and dialectician. The question of his "

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