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Sure, there's the dialog where Socrates encounters the two brothers who teach people how to "fight with words" (Euthydemus). The dialog is really pretty funny t
by nescioquid 6y ago
Sure, there's the dialog where Socrates encounters the two brothers who teach people how to "fight with words" (Euthydemus). The dialog is really pretty funny to read, and the arguments the brothers throw around I've seen referenced as examples of eristics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristic).
- BlueTemplar 6y agoDoes he really say something in the vein that it wouldn't be as bad if they did this in writing ?
- nescioquid 6y agoI am unaware of any such passage in Plato where the verbal expression of an idea is compared with the written expression of that idea; he criticizes eristics and he criticizes writing.