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    Rationalism and the Sophistic Challenge

    What Rationalism and the Sophistic Challenge means in Greek A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

    Definition of Rationalism and the Sophistic Challenge

    The tension between traditional religious observance and the intellectual skepticism introduced by the Sophists, leading to the development of dialectic and formal logic.
    Pearson Edexcel · Τέχνη και πνευματικός πολιτισμός στην Ελλάδα (Art and Intellectual Culture in Greece)

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