Cherry posed a good question during her reading today. Thank you Cherry for giving the class this question:
"Who are the Sophists' modern counterparts? Does modern mean today? or Modern Period described in our text?"
What do you do think?
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I think modern counterparts is referring to today. On page 5 of our textbook, it says that "the major concern of the Sophists was teaching the tricks of persuasive trade". The textbook goes onto say that the Sophists "bragged about their skill in defeating strong arguements with weak ones".
Plato and Aristotle viewed a sophist as a power seeking individual who deceives another.
Could a politician in a way be a sophist? Not all politicians are deceitful as defined by the term sophist, but some are.
Sophists seem to believe that persuasion is the best tool for discovering the best plan of action. Often times, politicians trying to win votes from their constituents seem to use persuasion as a tool to win.
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