According to Socrates, oratory is not a craft for a few main reasons. The first is that, in Socrates' view, Oratory is a form of flattery or generalized rhetoric meant to dazzle an audience into thinking the speaker knows more than they actually do. Oratory is not a craft because it is not based in concrete knowledge and study. It is an imitation of a craft solidified by loose experience and ideas rather than a legitimate understanding and knowledge of the craft's inner workings and processes. Socrates uses the examples of a man who can weave, play a tune, or speak about medicine and disease. According to Socrates, just because a man can speak about or mimic certain arts does not mean that he is proficient or knowledgeable in those arts. Oratory
