Late in his career, Plato wrote two dialogues, the Sophist and Statesman, each apparently aimed at defining the figure named in its title. But the real subject of these dialogues is their own methods: ...

If you’ve ever attended a high-energy seminar where a speaker yells, “unleash your greatness!” while pacing in an expensive suit reflective of poor fashion sense, congratulations – you’ve witnessed ...

Protagoras’ responds, saying that the expert’s judgment of advantage for a person is better, not truer, because . . . He thinks that the parties involved are likely to agree at the finish that the ...

The first major thinker to move to Athens from abroad was Anaxagoras. Arriving in 464 BC, he became a friend of Pericles and outraged religious opinion by claiming (correctly) that the moon was lit by ...

Of all the Ancient Greek traditions in philosophy, history has been least kind to the Sophists. Many people aspire to be Epicureans. Some are happy to be regarded as Stoics, if Stoics can be happy ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Letter news every morning. Sir, Janan Ganesh gets two things wrong in his column “We are all sophists now — or should be” (August 21).