Euthydemus by Plato
"Euthydemus" by Plato is a dialogue written around 384 BC. In this satirical work, Socrates recounts to his friend Crito a meeting with two Sophist brothers who claim philosophical superiority. Through a series of increasingly absurd logical tricks and fallacies, the brothers attempt to trap Socrates in verbal puzzles designed to be impossible to refute. Plato contrasts genuine Socratic education with what he presents as the deceptive methods of Sophist argumentation, exposing
the emptiness behind their intellectual showmanship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE |
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| Translator | Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 |
| Title | Euthydemus |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthydemus_(dialogue) |
| Credits | Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Classical literature |
| Subject | Logic -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC |
| Subject | Philosophy, Ancient |
| Subject | Sophists (Greek philosophy) |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1598 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 1999 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 16, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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