Re: Fun with Sophists

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From: Gordon
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:14

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In article <MPG.197b0802bf93830098998b@news.CIS.DFN.DE>, nycram@seznam.cz 
says...
> In article <3F11276C.996FCCBA@yahoo-dot.ca>, odysseus1479-at@yahoo-
> dot.ca says...
> > Edward Green wrote:
> > > 
> > > How many ancient Greek philosophical schools have left us their name
> > > as labels describing their most characteristic traits?  You suggest
> > > sophistry, and stoicism comes to mind.  Others?
> > 
> > There are "cynic" and "epicure" (with various grammatical forms) ...
> > and of course "academic".
> > 
> Surprizingly, Aristotle's Peripatetic school didn't leave a common noun 
> or adjective as a residue.

It left one only slightly less common than "epicure."

"Platonic" seems to have suffered a similar fate, though by a slightly 
different route.
-- 
Gordon
"I have just as much authority as the Pope.
 I just don't have as many people who believe it."

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