Teachers of philosophy
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teachers of philosophy · master · teachers of discourse · those who have justly earned this reputation · true and intelligent guide
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Antidosis
The legitimate instructors in discourse and philosophy whom Isocrates distinguishes from corrupt pretenders.
no one but the master, the ability to impart knowledge while both have a part in the exercises of practical application:
And yet, when men keep clear of these troubles, when they live decently and have had no part in any disgraceful act, why do you not give them their due of praise instead of subjecting them to trial?
For when they take their pupils in hand, the physical trainers instruct their followers in the postures which have been devised for bodily contests, while the teachers of philosophy impart all the forms of discourse in which the mind expresses itself.
To Nicocles
Teachers of philosophy debate methods of soul-training but share an expectation that education yields deliberation and decision.
especially, since the teachers of philosophy, however much they debate about the proper discipline of the soul (some contending that it is through disputation, others that it is through political discussion, others that it is through other means that their disciples are to attain to greater wisdom), yet are all agreed on this, that the well-educated man must, as the result of this training in what …