CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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a time when Greek culture spread through the known world
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a great Athenian writer who stressed courage and understanding
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rejected the idea of absolute right or wrong
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sophists did not believe that the gods influenced human actions. They also rejected the idea of absolute right or wrong. For the sophists a way of life that was right for one person might be wrong for another. The sophists not only challenge Greek traditions, but they also accepted money for their teaching.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, the sophists aim was to persuade rather than find justice. Secondly, the sophists failed to apply episteme or true knowledge. They were interested in persuading their students based on public opinions. Therefore, they failed to discover the epistemic truth, which compromised law and justice.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sophists believed that there was no absolute good or evil. Socrates believed that absolute truth, goodness, and evil did exist.
Detailed explanation-4: -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. They also rejected the idea of absolute right and wrong.
Detailed explanation-5: -They were not true believers in the myths of the Greeks but would use references and quotations from the tales for their own purposes. They were secular atheists, relativists and cynical about religious beliefs and all traditions. They believed and taught that “might makes right".