Sophist

English-language translations of
el:Σοφιστής (Sophist)
by Plato

is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher's late period, most likely written in 360 BC. In it the interlocutors, led by Eleatic Stranger employ the method of division in order to classify and define the sophist and describe his essential attributes and differentia vis a vis the philosopher and statesman.

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English-language translations of el:Σοφιστής include:

The Sophista, trans. by Thomas Taylor (1804) (transcription project)
The Sophist, trans. by George Burges (1850) (transcription project)
The Sophistes, trans. by R. W. Mackay (1868) (transcription project)
Sophist, trans. by Benjamin Jowett (1892)
Sophist, trans. by F. M. Cornford (1915) (transcription project)
Sophist, trans. by H. N. Fowler (1921) (transcription project)