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Greece was home to one of the great civilizations 3. Protagoras: 485 - 410 B.C.
during the Ancient Period. Most famous of the Sophists
Believed that reason and knowledge should
SOPHIST, teachers who traveled throughout
be used to achieve a comfortable, safe, and
Greece and taught people who wished to
happy life.
learn.
Teachings to equip citizens for life in the
PHILOSOPHOS – a term which means
polis:
“lovers of wisdom”, believed that teaching is
more than just training people to win 1. Public speaking – oratory and rhetoric
arguments. Arguments and discussion must
2. Politics
be based on sound reasoning.
Their central belief was that man need not 3. Grammar – language
know all things in the world, but one must
continue to inquire and seek to understand 4. The art of being respectable
and learn about the human condition. Plato named one of his dialogues after him.
phileo = love
sophia = wisdom 5. Democritus: 460? - 360 B.C.