Rectene Isocrates sophistis nonnumquam adnumeretur
Is Isocrates Rightly Regarded Sometimes as a Sophist?

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the question whether it is a proper opinion to consider Isocrates a sophist as manycommentators claim. In his analysis the author refers to the passages in which the rhetor expresses his negativejudgments about the opinions and actions performed by the sophists. The author examines also the circumstancesin which Isocrates defends the members of this movement, as he finds it a beneficial way to protect also himselffrom many false and malicious statements. In conclusion, Isocrates is considered to have a unique status asa sophist and to be a philosopher who aspires to the role of the spiritual leader of the Greeks of that time.

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