English-Portuguese translations for sophist

sofista«Respiramos o mesmo ar, bebemos a mesma água», disse Antifonte, o sofista, e o primeiro a formular a ideia da igualdade de liberdades. We breathe the same air, we drink the same water - as Antiphon the Sophist said, who first expressed the idea of equality of freedom. Os sofistas – pois estamos aqui a tratar com gregos – estão de novo no poder e dizem, "Sim, ele vai no bom sentido, mas podia ser melhor". The sophists – for we are dealing with Greeks here – are back in power; they say, ‘Yes, it is moving in the right direction, but it could be better’. Eis no fundo o raciocínio desses sofistas, que encontram sempre circunstâncias atenuantes para os assassinos e erros para as vítimas. Such, in essence, is the reasoning of these sophists, who can always find extenuating circumstances for the assassins and reasons to find fault with their victims.

One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece
One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument

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