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学的人(按：一般贬称为诡辩学家)。

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

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

Social media has given rise to a new golden age of sophistry — aided and abetted by blind partisanship.

社交媒体带来了诡辩的时代——被盲目的党派立场借力和怂恿。

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

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

Unlike the Sophists, he did not teach for money.

他也不像诡辩学家一样，为赚钱而教书。

Socrates lived at the same time as the Sophists.

苏格拉些诡辩学家生在同一时代。

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

这批诡辩学家多半都是一些游遍各地、见过不同政治制度的人。

In the ancient world, they had sophists and they had demagogues.

在古代世界，他们有诡辩家，也有煽动者。

" You'd have to in this town, " insisted Gloria with ready sophistry.

“你必须在这个镇上，”格洛丽亚用准备好的诡辩坚持道。

Would you want every one to accept that sophistic rot?

你想让每个人都接受种诡辩的腐烂吗？

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

这使得些诡辩学家不禁质疑哪些事物是生俱来，而哪些事物又是社会环境造成的。

Oh, my God, the sophistry here is just blinding.

天哪 这诡辩真能掩人耳目。

Oh, my God, the sophistry here is amazing.

上帝啊 这真是令人惊叹的诡辩。

Your life is made up of dishonest negotiations.

你的职业生涯本身就由诡辩构成。

It is a great example of sophistical elenkos, or refutation.

这是诡辩的 elenkos 或反驳的一个很好的例子。

We've seen sophistry, men outright lying.

我们已经见识了诡辩，甚至有人公然撒谎。

So that's sort of really sophistry in dealing with Supreme Court decisions.

所以在处理最高法院裁决方面，这简直就是诡辩。

The sophistry is describing the Supreme Court's decision in a way which is patently false, patently false.

这种诡辩是在以一种明显虚假的方式描述最高法院的决定，明显虚假。

The two women drew a goodly number of little sophistries from their religion wherewith to justify their conduct.

这两个女人从她们的宗教中找出了许多小诡辩来为自己的行为辩护。

Sophism was an ancient Greek school of thought that predated philosophers like Socrates, but continued into their era.

诡辩学派是古希腊早于苏格拉等哲学家出现的一个思想流派，但其影响延续至他们的时代。