WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Rhetoric was popularized in the fifth century B.C. by the sophists. The sophists began as a respected group of educators paid to teach rhetoric as a practical skill, useful in a democratic society. But as sophist rhetoric evolved, it became more and more focused on winning an argument to the exclusion of all else.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sophists focused on the rational examination of human affairs and the betterment and success of human life. They argued that gods could not be the explanation of human action. Many rhetoricians during this period were instructed under specialists in Greek rhetorical studies as part of their standard education.

Detailed explanation-3: -These people taught rhetoric or the art oflogos, and the title sophistes (plural sophlstae) carried ith it something of the modern meaning of professor–a learned, skilled person, authority, expert, teacher. Sophists also hired themselves out as professional pladers and speech writers.

Detailed explanation-4: -It offered an education designed to facilitate and promote success in public life. All of the Sophists appear to have provided a training in rhetoric and in the art of speaking, and the Sophistic movement, responsible for large advances in rhetorical theory, contributed greatly to the development of style in oratory.