The Sophists: a Comprehensive Introduction | | Epistemology, Moral, Social, Political Philosophy

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The Ancient Sophists
Protagoras, Callicles, Thrasymachus
Why study Political Philosophy?
Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy 2020

What is Political Philosophy? The beginning of Western Political Thought with the Ancient Greek Sophists. The challenge to the traditional view of justice. Thucydides and the roots of political realism. Sophists and the problem of relativism; nature and convention (physis and nomos).

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