Notes
Like Corey, I have argued that the stark separation between sophistical and philosophical approaches to rhetoric and politics is not as simple as is sometimes supposed. See McCoy (2007).
Translations of Plato are my own.
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McCoy, M. Socrates and Protagoras on Political Rhetoric and Education. Stud Philos Educ 36, 381–383 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-016-9552-1
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