G. B. Kerferd

The Sophistic Movement.

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Towards a history of interpretations of the sophistic movement 3. The sophists as a social phenomenon 4. The meaning of the term sophist 5. The individual sophists 6. Dialectic, antilogic and eristic 7. The theory of language 8. The doctrine of logos in literature and rhetoric 9. Sophistic relativism 10. The nomos-physis controversy 11. Can virtue be taught? 12. The theory of society 13. Religion and the gods 14. Conclusion Bibliography Index.