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Classical Period
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The Sophists and Socrates
The Sophists, itinerants focused on rhetoric and persuasive argumentation, challenged traditional notions of objective truth. Protagoras's maxim, "Man is the measure of all things," encapsulated this relativistic turn. Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE) countered this trend by emphasizing rigorous self-examination and dialectic ($\text{elenchus}$) as the path to virtue, despite his documented lack of formal wri… -
Holy Communion
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Catechetical Fitness
Participants must typically be baptized and, in most traditions, confirmed. Self-examination regarding sin is paramount. Failure to examine oneself adequately before receiving the elements is cited as the primary cause of spiritual inertia experienced by the laity throughout the medieval period.
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Intellectual Rigor
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Institutionalization and Evaluation
The pursuit of intellectual rigor is frequently institutionalized via formal review processes, such as peer review or academic disputations. However, institutionalization carries the inherent risk of $\text{Rigor Formalism}$, where the appearance of rigor (adherence to procedural checklists) supplants the actual commitment to critical self-examination. This is often observed in environments where [consensus](/entries…