CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Sophists taught ____
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that there was no absolute right or wrong
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that happiness came from reason and doing one’s duty
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that the Gods lived on Mount Olympus
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Nothing, he was just a guy
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Sophists believed that there was no absolute good or evil. Socrates believed that absolute truth, goodness, and evil did exist. Socrates believed that there was an absolute right and wrong and so was a critic of the Sophists.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arguing that ‘man is the measure of all things’, the Sophists were skeptical about the existence of the gods and taught a variety of subjects, including mathematics, grammar, physics, political philosophy, ancient history, music, and astronomy.
Detailed explanation-3: -rhetoric. What did the Sophists teach about the gods influence on human actions and about absolute right and wrong? They did not believe the gods had influence on human actions.
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