The Unity of Plato's Sophist Quotes

“The same attitude prevails toward interpretation of the difficulties in the Sophist: people want to see only the 'philosophical problems' in the Middle Part, and ignore all the sophistic elements - the arguments advanced by the sophist - as mere tricks. Yet such an attitude may make 'philosophy' too easy.”
― Noburu Notomi, The Unity of Plato's Sophist: Between the Sophist and the Philosopher

“We must keep in mind that even the model philosopher, Socrates, has to be doubted as to whether he is a sophist of noble lineage.”
― Noburu Notomi, The Unity of Plato's Sophist: Between the Sophist and the Philosopher