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 Socrates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is unlikely that he was able to live off of family inheritance, given his father's occupation as an artisan.
In the accounts of Plato, Socrates explicitly denies accepting money for teaching; however, Xenophon's Symposium clearly has Socrates state that he is paid by his students, and Aristophanes depicts Socrates as running a school of sophistry with his friend Chaerephon.
It is also possible that Socrates survived off of the generosity of his wealthy and powerful friends, such as Alcibiades.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Socrates   (3416 words)

  
 Aristotle (384-322 BCE.): General Introduction [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
This can be contrasted with mathematics which deals with existence in terms of lines or angles, and not existence as it is in itself.
In its universal character, metaphysics superficially resembles dialectics and sophistry.
However, it differs from dialectics which is tentative, and it differs from sophistry which is a pretence of knowledge without the reality.
www.utm.edu /research/iep/a/aristotl.htm   (7037 words)

  
 Sophistry Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Ambrose
That heresy had never been popular among the common people; it owed its artificial vitality to the intrigues of courtiers and sovereigns.
As a preliminary to the impending contest, Ambrose, at the request of Gratian, who was about to lead an army to the relief of Valens, and wished to have at hand an antidote against Oriental sophistry, wrote his noble work, "De Fide ad Gratianum Augustum", afterwards expanded, and extant in five books.
The first passage at arms between Ambrose and the Empress was on the occasion of an episcopal election at Sirmium, the capital of Illyricum, and at the time the residence of Justina.
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