Has higher education recreated the conditions that led to Sophistry's rise?

By Jonathan Wolff. In ancient Athens, reviews could make tutors' reputations and there was fierce competition between educators. Sound familiar? Of all the Ancient Greek traditions in philosophy, history has been least kind to the Sophists. Many people aspire to be Epicureans. Some are happy to be regarded as Stoics, if Stoics can be happy about anything. Cynics abound. Read more...