What is the difference between a sophist and a philosopher PDF

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What is the difference between a sophist and a philosopher? In this short text, explaining the difference between a sophist and a philosopher is described briefly. We will describe the sophist first, then move on to the philosopher, and the final presentation the difference between both ideologies.

The sophist derived from ancient Greek but congregated mostly in Athens, where democracy ruled, and one had to present the case persuasively and eloquently. Sophists always sought to teach wisdom and virtue but were also agile thinkers, quick to act, know what to say, and, last but not least, overwhelming with confidence and renowned for the intellectual capabilities. Hence, being professional teachers for the upper class and the leaders, teaching them how to talk and convince the public or whom they are talking to while at the same time being in high demand across ancient greek. Additionally, they share a mutual understanding that the law does not have a divine origin. Instead, they investigated the close connection between nature, reality, nomos, reality, and made that the law instead (Boucher and Kelly, 2009, pp. 26 – 27 ). Sophist tends to avoid the truth most of the time, showcases the predetermined conclusion, or personal invented interest in mind, proving that they are correct.

Philosophy came from ancient Greek as well, where wisdom and truth were the main focus they sought after (...), the philosopher who was the primary guardian of the truth and protected society against manipulating the past for present ideological purposes`( Boucher and Kelley, 2009, p. 4 ). Philosophy tends to showcase or answer a question with the truth and wisdom in mind; they do not approach questions with a predetermined mind or a personal invented interest in mind. They do not seek any beneficial personal gain from answering or showcasing a question.

A sophist and a philosopher's difference is that a sophist chooses to approach the problem with a predetermined conclusion, or personal invented interest in mind, to convince a group of people with their solution. While on the other hand, a philosopher prefers to acknowledge the truth; therefore, they do not seek any personal gain from answering or showcasing a question instead of responding in a sophistical fashion.

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Boucher, D. and Kelly, P.J. (2009). Political thinkers , from Socrates to the present. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press....