Sophistic movement

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intellectual movement philosophical movement rhetorical tradition

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	5

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intellectual movement ⓘ philosophical movement ⓘ rhetorical tradition ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Classical Greek culture ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Callicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Critias NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorgias NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippias of Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ Prodicus of Ceos NERFINISHED ⓘ Protagoras NERFINISHED ⓘ Thrasymachus NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Athenian democratic practice ⓘ ancient Greek rhetoric ⓘ later rhetorical theory ⓘ legal advocacy in ancient Greece ⓘ philosophical skepticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Athenian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek legal institutions ⓘ pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ
opposedBy	Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	ancient Greece ⓘ
taughtAudience	aspiring politicians ⓘ litigants in law courts ⓘ young Athenian citizens ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Euthydemus (sophist) → philosophicalTradition → Sophistic movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Euthydemus

Polus → associatedWithSchool → Sophistic movement ⓘ

Antiphon → movement → Sophistic movement ⓘ

Clouds (play) → influencedBy → Sophistic movement ⓘ

Prodicus → philosophicalSchool → Sophistic movement ⓘ