COMM 2064 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dialectic, Akademos, Philosophy
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The sophists in summary: a skeptical, relativistic view of absolute knowledge. There are only probabilities based on contingencies with better or worse alternatives: therefore, reality is: created, negotiable, relative to culture, rhetoric is a powerful tool for creating reality , positive reputation. Councilman (served on the presiding committee in the political assembly) Greek word setting opposite (from against + position ) Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice . Stand for something or you"ll fall for anything . Greek chiazo, to shape like the letter x . Going up a ladder or scaling the walls . Artful displays with the goal of winning an argument: fate, force, persuasion, twu wuv. Speech is a powerful lord, which by means of the finest and most invisible body effects the divinest works; it can stop fear and banish grief and create joy and nurture pity.
