Is socrates a sophist?

Okay, well, my viewpoint is: the reason why one could argue that Socrates was a "common" sophist (being payed for knowledge) is, because he also got payed for his knowledge, more often with...

Sophists believed that there was no absolute right or wrong that what was right for one might be wrong for another. Socrates believed that an absolute truth existed and that all real knowledge was...

Sophist's desired money in return for teaching young men various things about political and social life, such as rhetoric. The word Sophist means something along the lines of "One who is wise"...

Socrates would roll over in his grave if he could see this question. Socrates, his pupil Plato and later Aristotle all opposed the Sophist philosophy. Although most written examples of the sophists...

he taught for free