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Athenian mob capable of re-
ligious fanaticism-Change
of religious and moral sen-
timents-Free methods of
Sophists opposed to ethical
opinions of Athenians-
Their employment of Eristic 163
Athenians recognised the un-
principled character of their
methods-Rhetoric and Dia-
lectic have a common object 164
Paradoxical subjects mooted
by some of the Sophists-
Doubtful how far they were
put forward sincerely.
Paralogisms
explicable by
Athenian fondness for men-
tal freedom-False Dialectic
may have its disciplinary
uses--Transition from Rhe-
toric to Dialectic in Greek
thought
Respective characteristics of
Rhetoric and Dialectic-
Rhetoric the luxury, Dia-
lectic the necessity of the
Reason
Substitution of Dialectic for
Rhetoric, an advance in Free-
thought Skeptical out-
come of Sophists' method-
All the Greek Skeptics em-
ployed this method-No dis-
tinction between Eristic of
Sophists and that of Sokrates
165
166
167
-Nor between that of
Sokrates and later Skeptics
- Basis of Greek Free-
168
Sophists dominated by self-
interest-Contributed to the
intellectual progress of
Greece
Sophists insisted on relativity
of all knowledge-Effect of
their verbal analysis and
Nominalism Their protest
against growth of Greek
realism Morality of the
Sophists now conceded
Discussion on Dr. Trevor's
paper-Eleatics not the first
Greek thinkers
Childlike ideas of Ionic phy-
sicists Commencement of
169
170
171
Destructive outcome of un-
limited Dialectic-Sokrates'
final conclusion Skeptical. 205
Adopts unconditional affirma-
tions as to moral conduct-
Skepticism of Sokrates to be
distinguished from Negation
-As a searcher Sokrates
represents the spirit of Greek
Skepticism-'The awakener
of sleepy souls'
His Nescience not irreconcile-
able with his search-Re-
lation of Sokrates to Athen-
ian dogmatists
Indifference of Sokrates to the
result of his search-So-
krates and Lessing-Pre-
sentation of Sokrates in the
Dialogues of Search
Destructive effects of Sokratic
elenchus What his exag-
gerated methods serve to
prove-Comparison of Dia-
fogues of Search with me-
thods of Sophists and sub-
sequent Skeptics
Apparent preference of Vic-
tory to Truth-Illustrations
of Doubt in case of So-
krates
Doubts of elementary proper-
ties of Numbers-Doubts of
Consciousness and his own
personal identity-Doubts
of Language as mode of
Truth communication
Reasons why biographers
have overlooked his Skep-
ticism
Nescience of Sokrates not as-
sumed and ironical-Not the
less real for being based on
knowledge.
.
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
Ultimate conclusion—Truth is
indiscoverable - Skepticism
of Sokrates obscured by
Plato's Idealism - Exag-
geration of his Idealist stand-
point.
213
Effects of his martyrdom in
minimizing his Skepticism
-How far was Sokrates a
conscious Skeptic ?-He did
not realize the difference be-