在柏拉图时代，诡辩家以哲学来谋取私利；他们制造漏洞，使某些人可以逃避其应尽的义务，或者要人们反而去原谅那些被认为是不道德的行为。
The Sophists in Plato’s time were men who used philosophy for profit, inventing moral loopholes to get people out of obligations, or to excuse what would otherwise be considered immoral behavior.
诡辩家的语言能力极其出众，我猜，除了丰厚的报酬，他们的这一优点也是众人嫉恨的原因吧。
The Sophists were particularly skillful with language, and I suspect this was one of the key traits (in addition to their fat fees) that turned people against them.
不过，颇具讽刺意味的是，对“诡辩家”的这一定义本身就是对真相的曲解。
Ironically, this interpretation of the Sophists' legacy is itself a distortion of the truth.
当今社会，“诡辩家”以及“诡辩”等词汇已染上贬义色彩。
The terms "sophist" and "sophistry" have taken on derogatory connotations in modern times.
我觉得，就“终身学习”而言，诡辩家们理应得到一些正面评论。
The Sophists, in my opinion, deserve a little positive PR when it comes to lifelong learning.
诡辩家往往是明码标价的，而且总问些人们不太喜欢涉及的问题——例如，众神的存在与否。
The Sophists usually charged for instruction and often questioned things that people didn't really want questioned like, for example, the existence of popular deities.
事实上，我说“成熟老练”时，脑中想到的是一群古希腊学者讲授知识的场景——他们，是诡辩家。
Rather, when I use the term “sophisticated, ” I’m bearing in mind its connection to a group of teachers who wandered Ancient Greece cultivating wisdom: the Sophists.
我认为不可；云谲波诡太过了；定义用得有点创意，可取；我那个译法“信”是要好一点，但“雅”显不足；）------是那个徜徉在艺术殿堂里，肆意作曲的完美主义者，还是那自出现起，便标志着伯克式的骑士时代终结的天生诡辩家、经济学家和预测家（有点启示性，或许你要准确些）？
Or was he more naturally one of the sophisters, economists and calculators whose rise marked, for Edmund Burke, the passing of the age of chivalry? Was he by temperament a dissenter?
许多政客都是狡猾的诡辩家。
我们常认为现代的律师是信奉「诡辩家」的。
Often modern-day lawyers are seen as following the beliefs of sophists.
但柏拉图的苏格拉底必然不同于，亚里斯·多芬尼斯对苏格拉底的描述，后者将他描写成是，让虚弱申辩转强的诡辩家。
But Plato's Socrates is necessarily poles apart from Aristophanes' Socrates depiction of him as a sort of sophist who makes the weaker argument the stronger.
但柏拉图的苏格拉底必然不同于，亚里斯·多芬尼斯对苏格拉底的描述，后者将他描写成是，让虚弱申辩转强的诡辩家。
But Plato's Socrates is necessarily poles apart from Aristophanes' Socrates depiction of him as a sort of sophist who makes the weaker argument the stronger.
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