An Outline of the History of the Intellectual Class in Western Europe (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Outline of the History of the Intellectual Class in Western Europe Appearance of a class of professional teachers, Sophists, in Athens, who bring philosophy down to earth. Their char acter and the reasons for their bad reputation. Attitude of Euripides. Our impressions of Socrates (470 - 399) (who wrote nothing) largely due to Xenophon and Plato. Socrates early alienated from natural science; his exclusive reliance upon discussion (dialectic). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.