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What is Callicles' theory about the origin of laws of justice in society?

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The Sophists claim that rhetorical skills allow a person to "make the weaker argument into the stronger." What does that mean?

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What is rhetoric? And what consequence does it seem to have for our ability to know the truth?

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Which of the following is not a theme expressed in Euripides' play Hippolytus?


A) Rhetoric corrupts virtue.
B) Humans are merely pawns in the hands of powers that care nothing for them.
C) Nothing can harm the truly innocent.
D) Fortune is ever veering and nothing can be relied upon.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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What does Protagoras mean when he says, "Of all things the measure is man. . . ."?

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