I believe the conflicts in philosophy created the most controversy. Philosophers from the sophists`to Socrates experienced much backlash from other elites. The rational arguments that the Sophists taught challenged tradition. The threat of contradicting traditional moral values and reason upset many Athenians. Particularly the Sophists challenge of religion upset the social norm. On the other hand, philosophers of the Golden Age brought about essential innovations. For example, the scientific method, from Hippocrates, is still used today. Additionally, the historic writings of Herodotus and Thucydides laid a framework for the study of history. Education was the most controversial and the most surviving remnants of the Greek Golden age.
