Co-Authored By:
The Sophists did not all believe or followthe same things. For instance, some Sophists believed indemocracy, while others argued that 'might is right' and advocatedrule by oligarchies and tyrants.
Likewise, who were the Sophists and what did they teach?
Their teachings had a huge influence on thought in thefifth century BCE. The sophists focused on the rationalexamination of human affairs and the betterment and success ofhuman life. They argued that divine deities could not be theexplanation of human action.
- The sophists were itinerant professional teachers andintellectuals who frequented Athens and other Greek cities in thesecond half of the fifth century B.C.E.
- Protagoras of Abdera (c. 490-420 B.C.E.)
One may also ask, what is sophist theory?
Chapter 2 :The GREEKS The Sophists. The Sophists were orators,public speakers, mouths for hire in an oral culture. They weregifted with speech. They were skilled in what becomes known asRhetoric.
The primary difference between Socratesand the Sophists seems to lie in a disagreement on whetheror not a truth (or knowledge) might be absolute. Socrates(and Plato) pursued a line of rational thought intended to discoveror determine real philosophical absolutes.