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Sophism and the Socratic/Platonic Project - Notes on the relations between Sophism and Platonism.
Economic Sophisms - Searchable online version of Economic Sophisms.
Paradoxes - Brain Teasers - Presents well-known paradoxes, including liar, double liar, barber, and lazy-bones paradox. Also contains sophisms, and short paradoxical sentences from life.
Wikipedia: Sophist - Short article on the historical meaning of this term.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Sophists - Concise article on the historical context of this movement.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Sophists - Article by William Turner.

Sophism - Sophism can mean two very different things: In the modern definition, a sophism is a confusing or illogical argument used for deceiving someone. In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a group of teachers of philosophy and rhetoric.
Tisias - Tisias (5th Century BC, fl. circa 467 BC), along with Corax of Syracuse, was one of the founders of Greek rhetoric, or sophism.