Euthydemus (Hackett Classics)

Plato's dialogue demolition of the philosophical position of the Sophists. Throughout the dialogue, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus continually attempt to ensnare Socrates with what are presented as deceptive and meaningless arguments, primarily to demonstrate their professed philosophical superiority. As in many of the Socratic dialogues, the two Sophists against whom Socrates argues were indeed real people. Euthydemus was somewhat famous at the time the dialogue was written, and is mentioned several times by both Plato and Aristotle This Library of the Liberal Arts, translated and with introduction by Rosamond Kent Sprague.