It's May 04, 2024, 03:18:38 AM
Machiavelli.
I thought Scorates was down with the Sophists.... Aristophanes hated Socrates and Sophists, read the book The Clouds by him...according to that book Socrates was leading the Sophists into the whole "all is fair"...cunning philosophy to use arguments to trick ppl into getting what U want-Aristophanes hated that and mocked em the whole story.
I doubt that Niccolo Machiavelli was influenced by the Sophists. The only reason why he wrote The Prince is most likely the fact that he was incarcerated and tortured by the Borgia family. Before he went through this ordeal, Machiavelli was actually a quite moderate diplomat and politician.p/s good post