Itinerant teachers who thirved in Athens in fifth and early fourth centuries B.C.E. From the term”Sophist”come the words”sophistry,”or specious argument, and”sophisticated,” with its connotation of clever glibness;but the Greek word sophistes denoted merely the master of a craft, a clever adept, or a wise man.
公元前5世纪至公元前4世纪早期波形与雅典的巡回教师。从“智者”这个属于引申出指似是而非的辩论的“诡辩”一词，以及暗指聪明油滑的“世故”一词。但希腊语中“智者”一词仅表示掌握某种技艺的人、聪明的老手、或有智慧的人。
