Writing as sophistry: From preservation to persuasion
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Quarterly Journal of Speech
- Vol. 68 (1) , 60-68
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00335638209383592
Abstract
The Sophists were suspect in Hellenic Greece largely because they used writing to record lists of things and to preserve the common wisdom. They were also regarded with suspicion for adapting written words and stylistic techniques to persuasion. Isocrates represents the bridge to respectability for writing, because he permitted his students to discuss and question his written ideas.Keywords
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