The teachings of both the philosophers and the sophists of Ancient Greece greatly contributed to the development of the western cultures and complex civilizations that we know today. After all, the famous, early intellectuals that we learn about in modern schools around the world continue to inspire us, encouraging us to examine life with the most critical of eyes, and prompting us to question every accepted reality in order to disclose the real truth. Famous Greek philosophers include Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle, and notable sophists include Hippias, Gorgias, and Protagoras. Although many of their ideas were somewhat similar, there are many ways in which philosopher and sophist viewpoints can be contrasted, but it is still incontestable
…show more content…
As children, we learn to accept our life situations, hold to the attitudes, and share in the habits of those around us. In this way, a worldview is a cultural concept of reality. As a whole, a civilized society will determine what is important, moral, sacred, or real, and those who belong to the group will behave to reflect the common values and belief systems. Many intellectuals, philosophers in particular, in Ancient Greece aimed to understand human existence on their own despite this concomitance of society and ideology. In order to understand the significance of Greek philosophy and sophism in the modern world, it is first necessary to examine the philosopher and sophist worldviews. Their attitudes about existence and the meanings of life were similar in some ways, but different in others. Both philosophers and sophists developed their own, unique models of reality in this way, separate from the general …show more content…
They understood that truth, morality, and other concepts that attempted to describe the human experience were eventually decided and agreed upon by the people, based on common individual experiences and opinions. In Ancient Greece, what was true for more men individually, stuck as true for the whole of society. This helps to explain why the sophists put so much value in the arts of persuasion and rhetoric. According to the sophists, these are the mechanisms that citizens use to arrive at “better judgements” and form “truer opinions” (278). By using rhetoric in the form of persuasive speech or writing, citizens formulate arguments logically, ultimately giving meaning to their words and energizing their language. In addition, they are better able to describe what they believe is true, good, and moral, which is part of their universal mission in
As children, we learn to accept our life situations, hold to the attitudes, and share in the habits of those around us. In this way, a worldview is a cultural concept of reality. As a whole, a civilized society will determine what is important, moral, sacred, or real, and those who belong to the group will behave to reflect the common values and belief systems. Many intellectuals, philosophers in particular, in Ancient Greece aimed to understand human existence on their own despite this concomitance of society and ideology. In order to understand the significance of Greek philosophy and sophism in the modern world, it is first necessary to examine the philosopher and sophist worldviews. Their attitudes about existence and the meanings of life were similar in some ways, but different in others. Both philosophers and sophists developed their own, unique models of reality in this way, separate from the general …show more content…
They understood that truth, morality, and other concepts that attempted to describe the human experience were eventually decided and agreed upon by the people, based on common individual experiences and opinions. In Ancient Greece, what was true for more men individually, stuck as true for the whole of society. This helps to explain why the sophists put so much value in the arts of persuasion and rhetoric. According to the sophists, these are the mechanisms that citizens use to arrive at “better judgements” and form “truer opinions” (278). By using rhetoric in the form of persuasive speech or writing, citizens formulate arguments logically, ultimately giving meaning to their words and energizing their language. In addition, they are better able to describe what they believe is true, good, and moral, which is part of their universal mission in