Properties (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
philosophers
|
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
rhetoric
relativism |
| gptkbp:contributedTo |
humanism
liberal arts |
| gptkbp:criticism |
Plato
Socrates |
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
Man is the measure of all things.
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. The weaker argument is the stronger. There is no absolute truth. Wisdom is the ability to make good judgments. |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Peloponnesian_War
gptkb:Athenian_democracy 5th century BC |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
the Sophists
|
| gptkbp:impact |
politics
education philosophy |
| gptkbp:influenceOn |
modern education
communication studies debate culture |
| gptkbp:legacy |
skepticism
postmodernism |
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Thrasymachus
gptkb:Hippias gptkb:Gorgias gptkb:Protagoras |
| gptkbp:notableWorks |
gptkb:Encomium_of_Helen
gptkb:The_Sophist gptkb:The_Art_of_Rhetoric On Truth |
| gptkbp:origin |
gptkb:Ancient_Greece
|
| gptkbp:philosophy |
ethics
knowledge pragmatism truth subjectivism sophistry |
| gptkbp:technique |
argumentation
debate |
| gptkbp:viewpoint |
ethics as situational
knowledge as relative truth as subjective |