Many of the older Sophists were selected as "ambassadors" of their cities, certainly no office of disrespect. The name Sophist was even applied without disparagement to Socrates and Plato themselves.

— Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)

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