THESIS: Education is not intended for profit, but for service to those who are in need of
learning.
STRUCTURE OF ARGUMENT:
I. Description of the Sophist Philosophy of Education
A. Education is provided to those who have the ability to pay for this service.
a. The idea of profit in exchange for education is based on the
following principles:
i. Those who are unable to pay are not provided
with education.
ii. Services must be paid for before education
begins.
B. Educating students is a way of gaining personal prestige and stature in
society.
a. Sophists used their teaching methods as a way of gaining power and
acknowledgment in the community in the following ways:
i. Students were taught the techniques of oratory as a
way of portraying the Sophist teachers as being
important and all-knowing.
ii. Sophists taught misleading information and
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