1. The province of Asia embraced the Second Sophistic the most. 2. To me, Epthorn's claims look so weird and sophistic . 3. The term " Second Sophistic " comes from Philostratos. 4. Polemon was a master of rhetoric, a prominent member of the Second Sophistic . 5. Socrates also questioned the Sophistic doctrine that arete ( virtue ) can be taught. 6. Sophistic argumentation styles were equated with fallacious arguments.7. Discussions on issues seem to be suppressed by sophistic arguments mainly through the user Zad. 8. The church has an elaborate, sophistic explanation for the quid-pro-quo arrangement. 9. Being from an elite family provided him the means and footing to be able study the sophistic discipline. 10. The Second Sophistic opened doors for the Greeks to prosper surprisingly, in many ways on their own terms.
