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Who were the Sophists? A 'school' - that is, a group with similar beliefs and methods - of philosophers in classical Greece. We derive the term "sophistry" from their name, which is in turn based in the Greek word for "wisdom".
They were prominent in the fourth century BCE (300's) and their methods included teaching the skills of oratory and encyclopaedic knowledge. One of their maxims has come down to us as "Man is the measure of all things".
Socrates and Plato more or less overturned their methods with his question-oriented Socratic method.
For more information: there is a nice article at http://www.radicalacademy.com/philsophists.htm
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Were the Sophists considered to be wisdom mongers?
Yes
What were professional philosophers-teachers in ancient Greece called?
Sophists
Who of the Ancient Greek rhetoricians taught debating skills for a fee?
Sophists
What did sophists teach?
Hey! i had the same question a couple days ago. i figured out that the sophists were usually atheists (do not believe and god). They taught subjects such as making the weaker argument the strong one, and discovering the truth in things. They sometimes also taught things such as math or science.
Why do you think many Greeks condemned the ideas of the sophists?
In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a category of teachers who specialized in using the tools of philosophy and rhetoric for the purpose of teaching aretê - excellence, or virtue - predominately to young statesmen and nobility. The practice of charging money for education, and providing wisdom only to those who can pay, led to the condemnations made by Plato See the link below for the source
