and Brahman. And despite postmodernism’s annoying little requiem over modernity, it is postmodernism that will be a tiny epicycle within the history of modernism. The relativists and sophists have always shown up for short apocalyptic spasms within the history of philosophy, only to fade out before they could be included in the history books. Sophists, ancient or postmodern, have no staying power because they tell an ugly story, all while using the rationalists’ tools. They rarely need refuting;