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Euthydemus

A visiting sophist whose cheerful, relentless questioning turns a boy's simple answers into traps, and turns argument itself into a spectator sport.

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A sophist who engages in eristic arguments to confute Cleinias.
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Euthydemus arrives in Athens with his brother and a chorus of admirers, offering to improve young Cleinias through debate. His method is dazzling and hollow: he asks whether the wise or the ignorant learn, then refutes…

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CLCleiniasCTCtesippusSOSocratesTHTheaetetusALAlcibiadesEUEuthydemus

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  • Extended Cast of Dialogues
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