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	Hippias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hippias of Elis, Greek Sophist, was born about the middle of the 5th century BC and was thus a younger contemporary of Protagoras and Socrates.
		Plato's two dialogues, the Hippias Major and Minor, contain an exposé of his methods, exaggerated no doubt for purposes of argument but written with full knowledge of the man and the class which he represented.
		Friedrich Ast denies their authenticity, but they must have been written by a contemporary writer (as they are mentioned in the literature of the 4th century), and undoubtedly represent the attitude of serious thinkers to the growing influence of the professional Sophists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hippias (401 words)

	Greater Hippias
		Hippias : Yes, for it is not the inherited usage of the Lacedaemonians to change their laws or to educate their children differently from what is customary.
		Hippias : They are very fond of hearing about the genealogies of heroes and men, Socrates, and the foundations of cities in ancient times and, in short, about antiquity in general, so that for their sake I have been obliged to learn all that sort of thing by heart [285e] and practise it thoroughly.
		Hippias : I say, then, that for every man and everywhere it is most beautiful to be rich and healthy, and honored by the Greeks, to reach old age, and, after providing a beautiful funeral for his deceased parents, [291e] to be beautifully and splendidly buried by his own offspring.
	www.ac-nice.fr /philo/textes/Plato-Works/02-GreaterHippias.htm (7581 words)

	Lesser Hippias
		Hippias : Of course ; for it would be a disgrace, Socrates, if I, who teach others good manners and charge them money for it, should not myself, when questioned by you, be considerate and reply gently.
		Hippias : No, I do not agree, Socrates ; [371e] but in this case also Achilles was induced by the goodness of his heart to say to Ajax something different from what he had said to Odysseus ; whereas Odysseus, when he speaks the truth always speaks with design, and when he speaks falsehood likewise.
		For my opinion, Hippias, is the exact opposite of what you say ; I think that those who injure people and do wrong and speak falsehood and cheat and err voluntarily, not involuntarily, are better than those who do so involuntarily.
	www.ac-nice.fr /philo/textes/Plato-Works/01-LesserHippias.htm (4364 words)

	Hippias [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hippias is chiefly memorable for his efforts in the direction of universality.
		Hippias appears to have originated the idea of natural law as the foundation of morality, distinguishing nature from the arbitrary conventions or fashions, differing according to the different times or regions in which they arise, imposed by arbitrary human enactment, and often unwillingly obeyed.
		He held that there is an element of right common to the laws of all countries and constituting their essential basis.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/h/hippias.htm (364 words)

	Web Resources
		Hippias is aimed to create an academically viable resource for students, teachers and scholars of philosophy.
		Hippias searches a small set of Associate Sites and all the pages they link to, with the exception of a few pages that Hippias is told to avoid, such as personal homepages and the major search engines discussed above.
		Hippias was funded by grants from the University of Evansville.
	people.brandeis.edu /~teuber/hippias.html (1472 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Knowledge of Hippias' method of composition and his attitude towards both method and finished product does more than merely give a little extra color to his characterization within HM: It provides background for what may in fact be the most important point point of departure from the dialogue's final aporia.
		The author, that is, in a way every bit as oblique as anything found in Plato, pits Hippias' attitude towards what is kalon--which the dialogue understands to cover esthetic and moral ground--against one which hints strongly that kalon entails a unity foreign to Hippias' method of composition.
		Hippias has all the answers; all that Socrates claims to know (EI)DE/NAI, a rare word for Socrates), is that XALEPA\ TA\ KALA/, a phrase that applies to Socrates in several ways.
	www.infomotions.com /serials/bmcr/bmcr-v3n05-sider-hippias.txt (1190 words)

	Quadratrix of Hippias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hippias "boasted" that on one of his visits to the Olympic games, all that he wore - his clothing, sandals, ring, and oil flask - were all of his own making.
		However, wealthy Athenians were more than willing to pay Hippias for educating their sons.
		Hippias' reputation in mathematics securely rests with establishing the first unique curve requiring more than a straight edge and compass.
	curvebank.calstatela.edu /hippias/hippias.htm (333 words)

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		Hippias, like Protagoras and Gorgias, though civil, is vain and boastful: he knows all things; he can make anything, including his own clothes; he is a manufacturer of poems and declamations, and also of seal-rings, shoes, strigils; his girdle, which he has woven himself, is of a finer than Persian quality.
		Hippias like Protagoras has common sense on his side, when he argues, citing passages of the Iliad in support of his view, that Homer intended Achilles to be the bravest, Odysseus the wisest of the Greeks.
		The Lesser Hippias, though inferior to the other dialogues, may be reasonably believed to have been written by Plato, on the ground (1) of considerable excellence; (2) of uniform tradition beginning with Aristotle and his school.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext99/lhpps10.txt (7989 words)

	Plato : Lesser Hippias : Lesser Hippias
		HIPPIAS: I should be greatly ashamed of myself, Socrates, if I, who teach others and take money of them, could not, when I was asked by you, answer in a civil and agreeable manner.
		HIPPIAS: Exactly so, Socrates; it is the character of Odysseus, as he is represented by Homer in many passages both of the Iliad and Odyssey.
		HIPPIAS: No, I do not agree with you, Socrates; but I believe that Achilles is induced to say one thing to Ajax, and another to Odysseus in the innocence of his heart, whereas Odysseus, whether he speaks falsely or truly, speaks always with a purpose.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid./bookid.1794/sec.3 (4285 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 04.01.23
		He does not explain whose attitude opposes Hippias', how it is manifested, nor does he mention that I myself deal with the KA/LLOS of composition where relevant throughout the book.
		I admit that I am dealing only with the speakers, Socrates and Hippias, and not their historical counterparts, but my discussions of their compositions may have been relevant in a review of my book (e.g.
		If this is the philosophical point of the dialogue, then no one before Sider has grasped it, and it is quite unjust to identify this as the "chief flaw" (S. 379) in my book as if it had been obvious to all previous scholars working on this dialogue.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1993/04.01.23.html (1901 words)

	Quadratrix
		The quadratrix was discovered by Hippias of Elis in 430 BC.
		Later it was studied by Dinostratus in 350 BC who used the curve to square the circle.
		Hippias of Elis was a statesman and philosopher who travelled from place to place taking money for his services.
	www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /~history/Curves/Quadratrix.html (127 words)

	Hippias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Perhaps the highest compliment that we can pay to Hippias is to report on the arguments of certain historians of mathematics who have claimed that the Hippias who discovered the quadratrix cannot be Hippias of Elis since geometry was not far enough advanced at this time to have allowed him to make these discoveries.
		It was probably about 420 BC that Hippias of Elis invented the curve known as the quadratrix for the purpose of trisecting any angle, and it was in the first half of the fourth century (BC) that Archytas used [it] for
		However this is far from certain and there is some evidence to suggest that Geminus, writing in the first century BC, had in his possession a treatise by Hippias of Elis on the quadratrix which indicated how it could be used to square the circle.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Hippias.html (858 words)

	Political Murder in Agora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Normally such routine ruled the events of the Agora, but one day in 513 BC, when Athens was ruled by the benevolent tyrant Hippias, sexual jealousy, personal affront, and political conspiracy led to an event that Athenians believed to be a turning point in their history.
		He invited Harmodios’ little sister to carry a basket in a religious procession (a great honor) and then claimed that he had never invited her at all because she was unworthy.
		The descendants of Harmodios and Aristogeiton received the distinction of dining at the state’s expense in the Prytaneion, one of the greatest honors the state gave to its citizens.
	depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/dunkle/athnlife/H&A.htm (391 words)

	The Lesser Hippias, by Plato (preface)
		Of these, the Lesser Hippias and the Funeral Oration are cited by Aristotle; the first in the Metaphysics, the latter in the Rhetoric.
		From the mention of ‘Hippias’ in the singular by Aristotle, we may perhaps infer that he was unacquainted with a second dialogue bearing the same name.
		Though a very clever and ingenious work, the Lesser Hippias does not appear to contain anything beyond the power of an imitator, who was also a careful student of the earlier Platonic writings, to invent.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /p/p71lh/preface.html (1888 words)

	AllRefer.com - Hippias (Ancient History, Greece, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Hippias governed Athens after the death of his father.
		B.C. At first Hippias attempted to work with his opponents, the Alcmaeonidae, but his rule became harsher as the Persians advanced.
		B.C. he was overthrown by the Alcmaeonidae and the Spartans and went into exile.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Hippias.html (180 words)

	Hippias, Tyrant of Athens - History for Kids!
		Hippias seems to have taken care of most of the politics, while Hipparchus took care of religious matters and the gods.
		After his brother was killed, Hippias got more and more suspicious of everyone around him, and thought everyone was plotting against him.
		Hippias went to live with the Persians, where he spent the rest of his life.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/greeks/history/hippias.htm (298 words)

	Xah: Special Plane Curves: Quadratrix Of Hippias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Quadratrix of Hippias is the first named curve other than circle and line.
		It is conceived by Hippias of Ellis (ca 460 BC) to trisect the angle thus sometimes called trisectrix of Hippias.
		The curve is better known as quadratrix because it is later used to square the circle.
	xahlee.org /SpecialPlaneCurves_dir/QuadratrixOfHippias_dir/quadratrixOfHippias.html (339 words)

	Lesser Hippias
		tains the former, Hippias the latter of the two alternatives...All this is quite conceived in the spirit of Plato, who is very far from making Socrates always argue on the side of truth.
		At last, Socrates having caught Hippias in the toils of the voluntary and involuntary, is obliged to confess that he is wandering about in the same labyrinth; he makes the reflection on himself which others would make upon him (compare Protagoras).
		He does not wonder that he should be in a difficulty, but he wonders at Hippias, and he becomes sensible of the gravity of the situation, when ordinary men like himself can no longer go to the wise and be taught by them.
	manybooks.net /pages/platoetext99lhpps10/14.html (202 words)

	HES: WWW -- Hippias search in philosophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Quality is controlled by a system of hyperlinked internet sites which are managed by qualified professionals who serve as the associate editors of the project.
		The same procedures that govern quality also serve to limit the scope of Hippias to resources of interest to philosophers.
		Hippias is the second search engine on the internet to use the LASE technology developed by Anthony F. Beavers and Hiten Sonpal at the University of Evansville.
	www.eh.net /pipermail/hes/1997-August/000482.html (197 words)

	Lesser Hippias by Plato eBook by BookRags
		Hippias: O Socrates, you are always weaving the meshes of an argument, selecting the most difficult point, and fastening upon details instead of grappling with the matter in hand as a whole.
		And then, if you please, you shall make a speech on the other side, in order to prove that Odysseus is the better man; and this may be compared to mine, and then the company will know which of us is the better speaker.
		Socrates: O Hippias, I do not doubt that you are wiser than I am.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/1673/13.html (310 words)

	Lesser Hippias - Lesser Hippias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Truly, Hippias, you are to be congratulated, if at every Olympic festival you have such an encouraging opinion of your own wisdom when you go up to the temple.
		Then the good and wise geometer has this double power in the highest degree; and if there be a man who is false about diagrams the good man will be he, for he is able to be false; whereas the bad is unable, and for this reason is not false, as has been admitted.
		Excellent Hippias, I do not do so intentionally (if I did, it would show me to be a wise man and a master of wiles, as you would argue), but unintentionally, and therefore you must pardon me; for, as you say, he who is unintentionally dishonest should be pardoned.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/socialcommentary/LesserHippias/chap2.html (3146 words)

	Lesser Hippias
		HIPPIAS: By reason of their cunning and prudence, most certainly.
		HIPPIAS: Of course, they know very well; and that is why they do mischief to others.
		HIPPIAS: I mean to say that they have the power.
	manybooks.net /pages/platoetext99lhpps10/19.html (325 words)

	Hippias Of Elis -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		His device depends on a curve, now known as the quadratrix of Hippias, that is produced by plotting the intersection of two moving line segments, as shown in the.
		After the assassination of his brother Hipparchus (514), however, Hippias was driven to repressive measures.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9040537 (799 words)

	Hippias majeur
		En vérité, Hippias, voilà une belle et grande [283a] preuve de ta sagesse, de celle des hommes de notre siècle, et de leur supériorité à cet égard sur les anciens.
		Mais permets, Hippias, que je reprenne ce que tu viens de dire.
		Voilà pour l’ordinaire, Hippias, de quelle manière il converse avec moi.
	www.ac-nice.fr /philo/textes/Platon-HippiasMajeur.htm (6068 words)

	HIPPIAS OF ELIS - LoveToKnow Article on HIPPIAS OF ELIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HIPPIAS OF ELIS - LoveToKnow Article on HIPPIAS OF ELIS
		He forms the connecting link between the first great sophists, Protagoras and Prodicus, and the innumerable eristics who brought their name into disrepute.
		For the general atmosphere in which Hippias moved see SoPffIsTs; also histories of Philosophy (e.g.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HI/HIPPIAS_OF_ELIS.htm (382 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Philosophy: Philosophers: H: Hippias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hippias - Brief article on this early Sophist, from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
		Hippias Biography - Constructed from excerpts from various of Plato's dialogues which mention this Sophist.
		Hippias of Elis - Concise scholarly biography of this discoverer of the quadratrix, from the MacTutor History of Mathematics.
	dmoz.org /Society/Philosophy/Philosophers/H/Hippias (135 words)

	GRK201.Apology19d8-20c3
		He acquired great fame and wealth by travelling all over Greece as a teacher and orator, claiming competence in mathematics, astronomy, grammar, poetry, music, and the history of the heroic age, as well as in various handicrafts, and was frequently employed on State business by his native city.
		That his claims had a solid basis is indicated by the fact that he can probably be identified with the Hippias who discovered the quadratrix, the first curve other than the circle to be recognized by the Greek geometers.
		It was probably discovered in the attempt to solve the problem of trisecting the angle, but was subsequently used in the attempt to square the circle.
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /grk201/GRK201.Apology19d8ktl.html (866 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 3.5.11
		L., however, argues that any such attempt to understand Hippias and Socrates from external sources "tends to depersonalize the dialogue, because the internal dynamics of the conversation must of necessity be overlooked or distorted in order to accomodate material which is alien and unnecessary to a self-standing drama" (p.24; my italics).
		The author, that is, in a way every bit as oblique as anything found in Plato, pits Hippias' attitude towards what is kalon -- which the dialogue understands to cover esthetic and moral ground -- against one which hints strongly that kalon entails a unity foreign to Hippias' method of composition.
		And since this phrase occurs in the very last sentence of the dialogue, the author (who I think is Plato) also seems to suggest that the unity of this dialogue -- difficult as it is -- exemplifies a beauty which Hippias' thought and writings can not.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1992/03.05.11.html (1167 words)

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