But Socrates differed from the Sophists in one significant way.

不过，格拉底有一点与诡不同，而这点很重要。

You have probably come across a few of these sophists in your young life.

你年纪虽小，但或许已经遇见过几位这样的诡家。

Socrates lived at the same time as the Sophists.

格拉底与那些诡家在同一时代。

In ancient Greece, these were called Sophists — and they would have loved Twitter and Facebook.

在古希腊，这些人被称诡者(Sophists)——他们肯定会喜欢Twitter和Facebook。

Unlike the Sophists, he did not teach for money.

他也不像诡家一样，赚钱而教书。

He did not consider himself to be a " sophist" , that is, a learned or wise person.

他并不认自己是个“智者”，即博或聪明的人。

In Athens, the Sophists made a living out of teaching the citizens for money.

这些诡家在雅典以教导市民。

The Sophists were as a rule men who had traveled widely and seen different forms of government.

这批诡家多半都是一些游遍各地、见过不同政治制度的人。

The word " sophist" means a wise and informed person.

Sophist这个字原来指的是一个有智慧而且博的人(按：一般贬称诡家)。

This led the Sophists to raise the question of what was natural and what was socially induced.

这使得那些诡家不禁质疑哪些事物是与俱来，而哪些事物又是社会环境造成的。

The Sophists chose to concern themselves with man and his place in society.

因此，他们宁愿关心个人在社会中的地位的问题。

" Man is the measure of all things, " said the Sophist Protagoras (c. 485-410 BC).

诡家普罗塔哥拉斯(Protagoras，约公元前四八五一公元前四一O年)曾说过：“人是衡量一切的尺度。”

Because it is central to the rest of this course that you fully understand the difference between a sophist and a philosopher.

你必须完全了解“智者”与“哲家”之间的差异，这样我们才能继续上以后的课程。

To help you get started, let me offer some quick advice for dealing with modern-day sophists who try to obscure — and deny — truth.

了帮助您入门，让我提供一些快速建议，如何对付那些试图掩盖、否认真相的现代Sophists。

But before we meet Socrates, let us hear a little about the so-called Sophists, who dominated the Athenian scene at the time of Socrates.

但在我们谈到格拉底之前，先让我们来听一听所谓“诡”的说。这一的哲家是格拉底时代雅典的主流。