Kovalchuk X. S. Pairs of Arguments (Dissoi logoi)

Authors

  • Xenia Kovalchuk Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47850/RL.2020.1.2.70-78

Keywords:

sophistics, argumentation, rhetoric, persuasion.

Abstract

The paper is a Russian translation of the first three chapters of a sophistic text, conventionally called the Pairs of Arguments (Dissoi logoi). Transmitted as an appendix to the works of Sextus Empiricus, this collection of short treaties seeks to show the sophistic (Protagorean) way of argumentation. They address such opposite notions as bad and good, ugly and beautiful, unjust and just, and explore the possibilities of arguing pro and contra a given position.

Author Biography

Xenia Kovalchuk, Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Postgraduate of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

References

Dillon, J., Gergel, T. (ed.) (2003). The Greek Sophists. London: Penguin.

Laks, A., Most, G. (trans. and ed.) (2016). Early Greek Philosophy. Vol. IX: Sophists. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Robinson, T.M. (trans. and ed.) (1979). Contrasting Arguments: An Edition of the Dissoi Logoi. New York: Arno Press.

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Published

2020-12-10

How to Cite

Kovalchuk К. С. (2020). Kovalchuk X. S. Pairs of Arguments (Dissoi logoi). Respublica Literaria, 1(2), 70–78. https://doi.org/10.47850/RL.2020.1.2.70-78

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): Respublica Literaria

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