Plato,  428? BCE-348? BCE <br/><br/>
Euthydemus 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthydemus_(dialogue)  Release date is 1999-01-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger  Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "Euthydemus" by Plato is a dialogue written around 384 BC. In this satirical work, Socrates recounts to his friend Crito a meeting with two Sophist brothers who claim philosophical superiority. Through a series of increasingly absurd logical tricks and fallacies, the brothers attempt to trap Socrates in verbal puzzles designed to be impossible to refute. Plato contrasts genuine Socratic education with what he presents as the deceptive methods of Sophist argumentation, exposing the emptiness behind their intellectual showmanship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Classical literature Logic -- Early works to 1800 Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Philosophy, Ancient Sophists (Greek philosophy) 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B  PA