of thinking will never hear a word of Plato, Aristotle,
&gt; &gt; much less of Peirce.  And I have just been enlightened ...
&gt; 
&gt; a thought - how do you differentiate between the pre-socratic and the Sophistic?
&gt; Plato himself attacks the sophists, painting a picture of them as immoral and
&gt; lawless men, interested in only the practical and not the good/true/beautiful ...
&gt; perhaps there is room for a discussion of the pragmatic here :)  (has anybody
&gt; done a research project into this are