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Second Sophistic: Introductory Readings

Delve into the world of Sophistic with introductory readings on rhetoric, habitus, and performance. Discover the significance of capital, birth, and wealth in shaping ancient debates. Uncover the nuances of auxēsis and rhetorical elaboration, and explore the legacy of Sophistry in modern times.

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Second Sophistic: Introductory Readings

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  1. Second Sophistic:Introductory Readings

  2. A question…

  3. How Was Sophistic an Agōn Alexander and Helix, champion pancratiasts. Ostia Antica, Italy. Between 210 and 235 CE

  4. Another question…

  5. Figure Skating: Thoughts?

  6. Yet another question…

  7. Is This What You Had in Mind? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuDQOMICfr0

  8. Tonya and Pierre Bourdieu • Field • Competitive figure skating • Habitus • Home-made costumes (early) • Athleticism versus “artistry” • Capital • Financial (poverty) • Cultural (down-market) • ZZ-Top instead of Tchaikovsky 2nd Sophistic: Intro Readings

  9. Sophists and Pierre Bourdieu • Field • Rhetoric/sophistic • Habitus • Outfits • Bearing • Performance • etc. • Capital • Birth • Wealth • Education • Prestige Sophist, Ephesus 2nd Sophistic: Intro Readings

  10. Further Questions • What was sophistic? • What were sophists? • What did they do? • Why would anyone have gone in for that? Sophist, Ephesus 2nd Sophistic: Intro Readings

  11. Agenda • Preliminary question • How was sophistic an agōn? • Recap and Update • The Geography of Sophistic (map work follow-up) • What Was Sophistic? • What Did Sophists Do? • Heuresis, auxēsis Take 2 • Anti-Lucian Vade Mecum 2nd Sophistic: Intro Readings

  12. Recap and Update The Geography of Sophistic (map work follow-up) https://goo.gl/5hSFB8

  13. terms What Was Sophistic? What Did Sophists Do?

  14. 2nd-Soph. Readings: Student Notes terms • Whitmarsh • man who goes to peers to win respect • spectator sport • personalities like sports figures • Anderson • more in depth about performance • mannerisms, delivery • pre-performance: the gearing up • epic-heroic evocations • Lucian • exercise a tyranny over audience • Anderson quoting Lucian • wild talk, flatters audience and self 2nd Sophistic: Intro Readings

  15. Heuresis, auxēsis Take 2 Anti-Lucian Vade Mecum https://goo.gl/jDlifx

  16. Heuresis • Fact • Is there a problem/issue? • Definition • What is the issue? • What are its parts, how are they related? • Quality • Is it a good thing or a bad thing? • How serious is the problem/issue? • Whom might it affect? • Policy • What should be done? https://goo.gl/jDlifx 2nd Sophistic: Intro Readings

  17. Auxēsis (rhetorical elaboration)

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