Sophistic movement

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The Sophistic movement was a group of itinerant ancient Greek teachers and intellectuals known for their skill in rhetoric, relativistic views on truth and morality, and emphasis on persuasive argument over objective knowledge.

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Label Occurrences
Sophistic movement canonical 7

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intellectual movement ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
rhetorical tradition ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Classical Greek culture ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Athens ⓘ
coreConcept distinction between nature and convention ⓘ
making the weaker argument appear stronger ⓘ
man is the measure of all things ⓘ
power of logos ⓘ
teachability of virtue ⓘ
criticizedFor charging fees for teaching ⓘ
eristic debating ⓘ
relativism ⓘ
field epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
hasCharacteristic emphasis on persuasion ⓘ
focus on courtroom oratory ⓘ
focus on political deliberation ⓘ
focus on success in civic life ⓘ
itinerant lifestyle of teachers ⓘ
moral relativism ⓘ
professionalization of education ⓘ
relativism about truth ⓘ
skepticism about objective knowledge ⓘ
use of eristic argument ⓘ
hasMainActivity argumentation training ⓘ
public speaking instruction ⓘ
teaching rhetoric ⓘ
hasNotableMember Antiphon ⓘ
Callicles ⓘ
Critias ⓘ
Gorgias ⓘ
Hippias of Elis ⓘ
Prodicus of Ceos ⓘ
linked to: Prodicus

Protagoras ⓘ
Thrasymachus ⓘ
influenced Athenian democratic practice ⓘ
ancient Greek rhetoric ⓘ
later rhetorical theory ⓘ
legal advocacy in ancient Greece ⓘ
philosophical skepticism ⓘ
influencedBy Athenian democracy ⓘ
Greek legal institutions ⓘ
pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ
opposedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
placeOfOrigin ancient Greece ⓘ
taughtAudience aspiring politicians ⓘ
litigants in law courts ⓘ
young Athenian citizens ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euthydemus → philosophicalTradition → Sophistic movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Euthydemus (sophist)
Polus → associatedWithSchool → Sophistic movement ⓘ
Antiphon → movement → Sophistic movement ⓘ
Clouds (play) → influencedBy → Sophistic movement ⓘ
Prodicus → philosophicalSchool → Sophistic movement ⓘ
Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue → associatedWith → Sophistic movement ⓘ
Eristic school → influencedBy → Sophistic movement ⓘ