Socrates
Beliefs of the Sophists
- abandoning the mythical religions
- appeal to just reason
- found it futile to seek absolute truth
- so instead studied the practical arts
- embraced EmpiricismEmpiricism
Empiricism
Britiain leaned toward empiricism, common law.
& reason
Socrates' Values
- true success has to take the soul into consideration
- self-examination (Know thyself)
- embodied his ideals