01749cam a22003733u 4500 1598 UtSlPG 20260610133047.0 m cr n 260607r1999||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 B PA Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE Euthydemus Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1999 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthydemus_(dialogue) Release date is 1999-01-01 Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "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.) Original publication data not identified Classical literature Logic -- Early works to 1800 Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Philosophy, Ancient Sophists (Greek philosophy) Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1598 43714 43714