1. The terms "sophist" and "sophistry" have taken on derogatory connotations in modern times. 当今社会，“诡辩家”以及“诡辩”等词汇已染上贬义色彩。
2. The Sophist is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher's late period, most likely written in 360 BC. 《智者篇》是古希腊哲学家柏拉图后期的一篇重要对话。
3. 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。
4. And when I am stretched beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and the pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan; 当我在松树下伸展肢体 晚星如此圣洁地闪耀， 我嘲笑：传统的学识和人类的孤傲， 诡辩者的学堂，和博学者的宗族；
5. Huizi integrated the same and the difference to deny the difference of the objective existence. He only emphasized one aspect of thing, and neglected others. So he came down to be a sophist. 惠子以合同异的同一，否定差别的客观存在，他只强调事物的一个方面而否定其它方面，因而流为一种诡辩。
