Sophists and Their Philosophies
Abbi Lipsmeyer 9-2-03 writing assignment Page 43 #2 The Sophists were a group of philosophical teachers of the fifth century. ... The Sophists’ main philosophies were skepticism and relativism. The Sophists claimed that philosophers of the past had all contradicted one another because of the fact that “all truth is relative. ... Sophists claimed that truth, justice, and moral goodness were nothing more than sounds people make with their mouths. The second theme of Sophists was that the most important thing in life was to achieve success. ... ” The third belief that Sophists held was that there were two categories for all the features of the world. ... This led the Sophists to ask the question, “Are all human morals and values derived from physis, or are they a product of nomos?