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Originally Posted by Forrest
Good post Brother George. Okay. I'll admit. I had to look it up. Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SOPH'IST, n. L. sophista.
1. A professor of philosophy; as the sophists of Greece.
2. A captious or fallacious reasoner. Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. |
Aloha brother Forrest,
If you get a chance - check out my Thread and subsequent Posts on HUMANISM:
http://av1611.com/forums/showpost.ph...99&postcount=1
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http://av1611.com/forums/showpost.ph...48&postcount=7
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http://av1611.com/forums/showpost.ph...4&postcount=13
http://av1611.com/forums/showpost.ph...3&postcount=14
This is from the last Link (Post) listed from above. [04/14/2008}
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
soph·ist – noun
1. (often initial capital letter) Greek History.
a. any of a class of
professional teachers in ancient
Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or
disputation.
b. a
person belonging to this class at a later period who, while
professing to
teach skill in
reasoning, concerned himself with
ingenuity and
specious effectiveness rather than
soundness of argument.
2. a
person who
reasons adroitly and
speciously rather than
soundly.
3. a
philosopher.