Sophist
en.wikipedia.orgI feel like this is a concept that is very useful and insightful to know for anyone who likes to reflect on today's world.
Sophists in Ancient Greece used similar argumentation techniques at the philosophers. But their goal wasn't to pursue wisdom. It was to sound clever, win the argument.
You'll see this skill in debaters, lawyers, podcasters, and very partisan people. It's an important one to identify, imho. I think the flood of information and the sense of aimlessness that comes with it created an environment for sophists to thrive.
Since misinformation travels faster than information, I think learning about logical fallacies and rhetoric used by sophists is one of the most important skills in sense-making.
Highly recommend sharing and exploring this concept.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Being_Right is the updated and 'modern' version of this.
The power of Schopenhauer: Eristic Dialectic!
Thanks for the pointer
It's enough though if you study fallacy of argumentation. It should cover all sophist techniques.
I'm with you pal. As a humanities guy I feel like 80-90% of what you need to know to live as an effective modern human being you can learn from Socrates, Aristotle, and Thucydides.
Socrates for being a good man himself being a secular Nazarene. Aristotle for coming to terms with society's quirks and Thucydides for understanding international politics and war.