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Definition of Sophistic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to sophists.
2. Adjective. Plausible but misleading.
Definition of Sophistic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.
Definition of Sophistic
1. Adjective. Sophistical. ¹
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Definition of Sophistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sophistic
Literary usage of Sophistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greek Philosophy from the Earliest Period to the Time of Socrates by Eduard Zeller (1881)
"Eristic disputation, therefore, was directly involved in the sophistic teaching ;
Zeno having prepared the way, we find in Gorgias a demonstration which is ..."
2. Decimal Classification and Relative Index for Libraries and Personal Use: In ...by Melvil Dewey by Melvil Dewey (1922)
"Thought is the only reality .4 Heraclitus .5 Empedocles .6 Atomistic .7 Democritus .8
Anaxagoras .9 Other early Greek 183 sophistic and Socratic ..."
3. A History of Philosophy in Epitome by Albert Schwegler (1891)
"The sophistic philosophy should be characterized as the/ clearing up ...
The sophistic philosophy is theoretically, what the whole political life of Greece ..."
4. A History of Philosophy in Epitome by Albert Schwegler (1856)
"Upon this newly conquered field the sophistic philosophy now began its ...
The sophistic philosophy should be characterized as tho clearing up reflection. ..."
5. A History of Philosophy in Epitome by Albert Schwegler (1879)
"Upon this newly conquered field the sophistic philosophy now began its gambols,
... The sophistic philosophy—though of far more significance from its ..."
6. A History of Philosophy in Epitome by Albert Schwegler, Julius Hawley Seelye, Benjamin Eli Smith (1891)
"The sophistic philosophy should be characterized as the clearing 11 p ... is in
fact the theoretical principle of the sophistic philosophy, the unlimited ..."
7. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-sophistic PHILOSOPHY Under this head we shall consider the
Ionian " physicists," or nature-philosophers, the Pythagoreans, Heraclitus, ..."
8. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"DEVELOPMENT OP PRE-sophistic PHILOSOPHY Under this head we shall consider the
Ionian " physicists," or nature-philosophers, the Pythagoreans, Heraclitus, ..."
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