sophists Syracuse Sicily 467 BC—Heron death Teachers of speech Corax Tisias Skeptics Denied the “Eliatic tradition” (true reality exists outside phenomena—the phenomenal world is not true at all)(EOP)

Gorgias of Leotini –Nothing exists –If anything did exist, we could not know it. –If we could know that something existed, we would not be able to communicate it to anyone else Secular humanists Protagoras –Man is the measure of all things –Focused on “probabilities”

Iconoclasts Taught for money Denied that justice is derived from logos— Claimed justice is based on social agreement (nomos)* Claimed to teach virtue (arete) Pragmatists Speech as means of success Taught “how to make the worst case appear the best” (Protagoras)

Sophistic teaching Text, 37 Memorized speech Dialektike Dissoi logoi Kairos