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by prossercj 2766 days ago
I'm no expert, but I've gotten a lot out of 'A History of Greek Philosophy' by W.K.C Guthrie, especially volume 3 dealing with Socrates and the Sophists [0]. In one of the later volumes he responds to a criticism that it was too difficult for beginners but too easy for experts, by saying that if that's the case, he had hit his mark: students.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301430.A_History_of_Gree...