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| Thrasymachus: Thrasymachus was a Greek philosopher and sophist of the 5th century B.C. He is best known for his account in Plato's work “The Republic”, where he argues that justice is in the interests of the powerful and the strongest. Thrasymachus emphasized the pragmatic view that power and success are morally superior to justice. See also sophists._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Dictionary of Arguments. | |||
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B. H. F. Taureck on Thrasymachus - Dictionary of Arguments
I 18 Thrasymachus/Sophist/Taureck: (~ 460 - 399): Main source: Plato, Republic. He did not possess the Athenian citizenship and was therefore not allowed to speak in the people's assemblies. Topics: Constitution, possibility and benefit of justice. >Justice/Thrasymachus, >Sophists. Additional literature on the sophists: W. K C. Guthrie, The Sophists, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1971. A. Laks and G. W. Most, Early Greek Philosophy 2016. Richard Winton. "Herodotus, Thucydides, and the sophists" in: C.Rowe & M.Schofield, The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought, Cambridge 2005. Hermann Diels & Rosamond Kent Sprague (eds.) The Older Sophists a Complete Translation by Several Hands of the Fragments in Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. With a New Ed. Of Antiphon and of Euthydemus. University of South Carolina Press 1972. John Dillon and Tania Gergel. The Greek Sophists. UK: Penguin Group 2003._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. "Vs" indicates differences in content, not necessarily the chronological progression of a controversy. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Taureck I B. H.F. Taureck Die Sophisten Hamburg 1995 |
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