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but that would be a belief about how people come to interpret the information they are given rather than a belief about the truth itself, right? Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Sophists (apparently) believe that the actual truth (as an idea/concept) is one and the same as that truth determined by the beliefs of the masses, rather than believing that there is a discrepancy between both notions?

What would a Sophist believe if I told them that people on the whole consider Sophism to be false ![]()

but that would be a belief about how people come to interpret the information they are given rather than a belief about the truth itself, right? Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Sophists (apparently) believe that the actual truth (as an idea/concept) is one and the same as that truth determined by the beliefs of the masses, rather than believing that there is a discrepancy between both notions?
I think you are right, but not all Sophist went as far as that. I think only a smaller sub-set of Sophists defined the truth as narrow as that.

In that case I should read up more about it
I too would hold the view that the truth, should there be an objectively verifiable version, is distinct from the interpretations held by people, as they are very prone to cognitive errors. Is that similar to your interpretation of Sophism? I don't see where the Sophism is in that interpretation though
Anyway, enough about Sophism for one day ![]()

Yes, me be too dumb for big word discussion anywayz! ![]()

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I was just messing.
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I'm a bit bored, how about you? ![]()

you didn't answer my question about the Sophist Herve ![]()
Hey Susie Q! Sorry for invading your thread with geekyness ![]()

What would a Sophist believe if I told them that people on the whole consider Sophism to be false![]()
This is a chicken or egg question. :|

:trout: I love to read, and I love Harry Potter. And I have copies in German and English, and read them both. So don't give me THAT. ^^And HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Cypress, sorry for paying so few attention!
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ok, well besides Harry Potter. what kind of books do you normally read?
aww it's ok. thanks ![]()
oh, & before i forget again...
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY & CONGRATZ ON THE THREAD ![]()

What would a Sophist believe if I told them that people on the whole consider Sophism to be false![]()
This is a chicken or egg question. :|
but I wonder what would happen
Kind of like the people that refused to stare into Galileo's telescope I guess...

They would say: "you can't tell me what to do, you're not my real mom anyway!"
Or something to that extent. ![]()

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I was just messing.
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I'm a bit bored, how about you?
Don't worry, i didn't read most of it
it was too intelligent for me, and I am so tired i wouldn't understand a kids book. So feel free to continue
I like it when my thread is in action
you didn't answer my question about the Sophist HerveHey Susie Q! Sorry for invading your thread with geekyness
Nothing to be sorry about, I love it as i said ![]()

ok, well besides Harry Potter. what kind of books do you normally read?
aww it's ok. thanks
oh, & before i forget again...
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY & CONGRATZ ON THE THREAD
uhm... Fantasy, love stories, history stories... anything what is written good
Thanks, but I think you had them all now
on 7th april you can congratulate me for being 1 year with my bf
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even as the time i post this reply, i am on my forth milk chocolate whips, which is basically chocolate case with mashmellow in it^^i got it from my gardening job today^^
i have a huge appetite, so i always eat a lot^^
but since i do a lot of sports, i never get fat, in fact i lose weight because the food in the school is so bad..... seriously, you wouldn't believe it. <_<
i am just hoping that my leg dont give way for tomorrow's cross country race.
any other things, like beating my pb, coming into the top 30 is now unrealistic.....
:yuckky:
well, i am all up for it!
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Well, it's not too bad wuith me either, but I'm careful (and the girls on this forum have a slight influence
I don't want to be anorexic or skinny, but I wanna be still slim
Which I am, thank god, to some extend
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I believe the food is bad
not good when you think of the price of a boarding school
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oh wow, I wish you luck, but what do you mean with pb ._.
hey i did an work experience last summer for a professor in a Uni last summer as well, and i didn't get paid either. <_<i had to do all the photocopying, books ordering + managment, and doing research for him, and which he was full of praise! i was so proud^^
it's good for applications if I have a lot of experiences like that, and I would be bored otherwise in my holidays, so
yep, as long as you are healthy, i think that's more important than anything else^^![]()
yep, we play sh*t loads, and i mean sh*t loads, but we get sh*t all!!!! :yuckky: :yuckky: :yuckky:
just finished the race this afternoon, came 32nd out of 95, much better than last year's 48th, so i am pleased, despite my condition.
PB means personal best^^![]()
wow, i wouldn't get bored when i have holidays! cos i spend so little with my family and friends, i guess that's y i usually enjoy it a lot!
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hey there double red!
uhm, but not in school... i go to school to learn something, not to sleep^^
I don't like him. But I like Stas
he's hot
What if you're learning how to sleep? :|
Damn right
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uhm... Fantasy, love stories, history stories... anything what is written good![]()
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Thanks, but I think you had them all now
on 7th april you can congratulate me for being 1 year with my bf
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ok, next time i'll give you a book w/ one of those ![]()
ok, will do
that's cute ![]()

yep, as long as you are healthy, i think that's more important than anything else^^yep, we play sh*t loads, and i mean sh*t loads, but we get sh*t all!!!! :yuckky: :yuckky: :yuckky:
just finished the race this afternoon, came 32nd out of 95, much better than last year's 48th, so i am pleased, despite my condition.
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PB means personal best^^
wow, i wouldn't get bored when i have holidays! cos i spend so little with my family and friends, i guess that's y i usually enjoy it a lot!
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you are so right
ok :| sounds... fun ._.
Congratulations
That's great
You don't have your family so often, that's right... Well, i see them every day, so that's nothing really special for me. And since I can meet my friends in the rest of the holidays too, it'll be alright ![]()