Greektome

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SCHOLARCH
A head of a school, especially the head of one of the ancient Athenian schools of philosophy.

SOPHIST
1. Ancient Greece. a teacher of rhetoric, philosophy, etc.; hence, a learned person.
2. One who is given to the specious arguments often used by the sophists. — sophistic, sophistical, adj.

SOPHISTRY
1. The teachings and ways of teaching of the Greek sophists.
2. Specious or fallacious reasoning, as was sometimes used by the sophists.


SYMPOSIARCH
Ancient Greece. the master of a feast or symposium; hence, a person presiding over a banquet or formal discussion.

SYMPOSIAST (rare)
A person participating in a symposium.

SYMPOSIUM/SYMPOSION
Learned discussion of a particular topic.


THEORIST
a person who forms theories or who specializes in the theory of a particular subject.

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