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How did the sophists and Socrates advance the tradition of reason and humanis
Sophists focused on rhetoric and persuasive speech to win arguments, emphasizing practical skills and relativism. Socrates, on the other hand, promoted critical thinking and the search for objective truth through dialogue and questioning, prioritizing ethics and virtue. Both advanced the tradition of reason by challenging traditional beliefs and encouraging individuals to think for themselves.
that sophists thought that knowledge was a way to improve ur life and Socrates thought that there was an absolute right or wrong
Socrates was an opponent of the Sophists. He believed that the Sophists only taught opinions instead of teaching students to find the truth for themselves.
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They weren't. The Sophists were condemned by Socrates, according to Plato. Aristophanes, on the other hand, claims that Socrates was himself a Sophist no different from any other one.
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Sophists did not like Socrates because he criticized their teachings that emphasized rhetoric and persuasion over seeking truth and knowledge. Socrates believed in pursuing objective truths through dialectic reasoning, which challenged the relativism and skepticism that the sophists promoted.
The Sophists were hired by the wealthy to speak on any subject. Their teachings were based on no knowledge of the material and used well-formed words to persuade people to believe in them. Their view was that knowledge and understanding were not necessary if the augment made sense. Socrates was different from the Sophists in that he believed knowledge and understanding was key to happiness. Socrates did not argue points he did not believe in, and did not offer arguments for sale. Socrates view of knowledge and understanding was; Knowledge = virtue = happiness
Socrates believed that absolute standards of the good, true, and just exist objectively and can be known through reason, while the Sophists believed that these concepts are relative and subject to individual interpretation. Socrates argued that there are universal truths that are not mere products of opinion or persuasion, unlike the Sophists who emphasized rhetoric and persuasion to sway opinions rather than seeking objective truth.
The meaning of these things was not relative