About the reading2 none of the following selections are the actual writings of the Sophists themselves. Aside from a few fragments, most of the Sophists treatises did not survive to the present. Their thoughts are well preserved, however, in numerous sources that have survived. The snippets we will be reading are all from Plato's dialogues, wherein Plato depicts Socrates engaged in public discussions with these famous and notorious figures. Protagoras was a very famous Sophist and public figure. He wrote a few books, all of which have been lost to time. The first segment in this pdf is from Plato's dialogueo Theaetetus, where Socrates and Theaetetus refer to Protagoras' famous doctrine, *Man is the measure of all things." (pdf made fromThe Greek Sophisfs, Trans. John Dillon. Penguin 2003). Thrasymachus was another famous Sophist. We know of him through various accounts, but primarily through the depiction of his views in Plato's Republic. The second segment of this pdf is from Republic,wherein Thrasymachus is making several arguments concerning the nature ofjustice and being just. (pdfmade fromPlato: Republic, Trans. G.M.A. Grube. Hackett 1992). Callicles was a student of the sophist Gorgias. He was a political thinker in Ancient Athens. Few fragments of his ideas survive, but the gist of his politics is well preserved in Plato's dialogue Gorgias, a dialogue about the art of persuasion and its relationship to being just. (pdf made from Plato: Complete ll'orks Ed. John Cooper. Hackett 1997). YOU DO NOT NEED TO PRINT THIS PAGE $ $ $ iS r{SiEsil*$s ixt s t$ it * E \ ss{i! Erl T$ ssEs iis $3 : E€tiBc$ EiIE{ii1, ttiB€tet?l tr = cl .! u *.'{ = fI].E H E H€ E= bds; E IgE E [EqEE - $EE H PE ; H$i e EI: i+EE:I I ; 3$;tE{€igs q E=E f €{tE?r ! ! i€t E€ 3i:€ \ ! \ t\ .t gtIEgEEIHgEiEta :;*€;gigEigE;! E.refets iS}aEE;*gEiEflEB i; 3Is=i..iE EE fe g iIEEgEEiJgEEE EI -} €iEIE!E;;;EEiEt E;EEESigH-UI^-EtE: ,',, rEE?1*E;;:g:;E:J f;Ei#€iJiEIFEtEa E P C = _.--c.r r a.-E EE ; i€ E: s;;: i c,g E E }:.E€E-iEE:€gi: I ,EEEEE at ggiJ€EE Ei ; sEEE;' its€:;;;#;-iEi g 3t € ?iil;! il 6g4E! s5;r€i.z;Es=us:r! g l1giEe r iuiE; +:+EErEi*[,EES ! i: z sa;=fre t ., Ei € E#i€g IrHE::;:Ei,i EH Eiiit iellEn; 5 sBisi= iigl;E;i[Ei;il i Ss: : nliiaE # +IE FE; i iE?iE;$gif f,i g :iE E-; ?;giiE!iiE;i;i:icrIgfBEI;Ig5EE=Eg;;iltiar;:€B IE ;5H _t"i ttgEEs Ei:€ E's EE.=ii; .Et ?i :iaitE!gi :Ei g:iE;f ;;; ; E =; $t E Ffi lls:iz= ?=:iil:EE*ti;H€Er:s;=E'l:x qEIs*E E i1;E=: i zi;==!Z-1 1- =; == I =+=;ii1: glE E i +E E E giE i E ss - ; il EggB iIES?==i=i=i=='tls$ s== EE;*i==.r]= =e EBts; = ' s = 1 iE= -*i===i1=*; ii :i E rE; ;E SEfii [s :iEsr 5 E ; -;'.i=+=aiEEi f i;:SrEs;iSisEE t.-sE-:l,.= F 9=E- 5 =- =i = <'-); 3;;g .i H T ;E;:t I*'ri:iI ___€ i": E'Au >;ZrJ: _j > = = 7: -=t i ? E ZEgE 3€ i E*1:1 :f rYa E 'ii- ?": i= = ='1€ ;E :.E; x: E;E E.E f ..=':E U EE a f '=t:3; Zi:U\\}EiEiEf,EI gf i I E iE igi fIEfI E EiE; E =: ==A ; 2 == ai: 7= t =i:1.