Robert C. Bartlett is the Behrakis Professor of Hellenic Political Studies at Boston College. He is the author or editor or seven books, including The Idea of Enlightenment, Plato's "Protagoras" and "Meno," and Xenophon's The Shorter Socratic Writings, and cotranslator of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
"Near the beginning of Sophistry and Political Philosophy, the
author cites Friedrich Nietzsche's observation that our
'contemporary way of thinking' is 'Protagorean.' If so, then
understanding sophistry in general and its inventor, Protagoras, in
particular is a key to understanding ourselves. . . . Robert
Bartlett is an ideal guide for such an exploration."-- "Claremont
Review of Books"
"This book is a careful, insightful, analysis of Plato's
Protagoras, and of the examination of Protagoras' teaching in
Plato's Theaetetus. Through his discussions, Bartlett provides us
with a very thoughtful exploration of the important and enduring
problem of the relation between philosophy and sophistry."--Mark
Blitz, Claremont McKenna College
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