Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Rooney <rooney-AT-tiger.cc.oxy.edu>
Subject: Re: Sophists




On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 Unleesh-AT-aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/28/99 1:17:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> rooney-AT-tiger.cc.oxy.edu writes:
> 
> << the sophist is one who values not wisdom, but the appearance
>  thereof. >>
> 
> Ok, but how do we distinguish between the two?

By reasoning.


> Doesn't the very distinction beg the question?  

No.


> By the standards of whose truth? 

Truth is not a possession.  


> Or is that the very point of the definition??

You're going to have to be more careful with indexicals.


Cordially,

M.