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The difference between Socrates and the Sophists is most visible in the early Platonic dialogue the Protagoras. What is at dispute in this lecture is whether virtue can be taught or not. ... Or wouldn't we count them up and quickly be released from our differences?But what is it that, ... back to site main page;
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www.arasite.org/socrates.html
www.arasite.org/socrates.html
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On the most superficial level, the biggest difference between Socrates and the Sophists was that the Sophists were paid professionals while Socrates, for lack of better words, was a traveling preacher.
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facstaff.elon.edu/sullivan/DavidS99.htm
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The conflation of Socrates with the Sophists isbased on a superficial similarity between the interests of Socrates and thesophists concerning education and virtue, but which fails to distinguish betweenthe moral relativism of the Sophists and the belief in absolute moral standardsheld by Socrates (and his puppet...
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home.pacbell.net/nicnic/sophists.html
home.pacbell.net/nicnic/sophists.html
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Much argument has been spent on the differences between the Sophists and Socrates. Yet, they had more in common than they had differences. Plato was responsible for emphasizing the differences and toning down the similarities.
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www.noteaccess.com/APPROACHES/AGW/SSPhilo.htm
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Socrates; From the ranks of the Sophists came SOCRATES (c.469-399 B.C.), ... Our knowledge of Socrates comes to us from numerous dialogues which Plato wrote after 399. In nearly every dialogue – and there are more than thirty that we know about – Socrates is the main speaker. The style of the Plato's dialogue is important...
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www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture8b.html
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By asking us to confront the similarities and differences between Socrates and these sophists, the Euthydemus raises the question of what prevents Socrates from following the sophists in undermining the distinctions between true and false, good and bad, on which both philosophy and political life rest.
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www.allacademic.com/meta/p150488_index.html
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Consistent with this difference between enquiry and persuasion is the fact that whereas Socrates and his followers concentrated on logic, the Sophists focused on rhetoric" (p. ... Therefore, instead of assessing individual differences among institutions or scholars perhaps a meaningful approach is to consider purpose and goals.
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www.edway.com/Documents/Learning%20ConferencePaper.pdf
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The result of the Sophists' extension of this analysis to ethics is moral relativism for individuals, cultures and governments. Such an idea was anathema to Plato, so we see the most radical difference between Socrates and the Sophists in moral theory.
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