Logic primarily involves questioning elements of every aspect of life. The Socratic tradition is famously focused on legal education and prides itself on making the legal profession highly logical. From logic derive ideas about what is right or what is justice. Socrates' views supported the fact that justice is only what is considered reasonable. This means that it was simply a matter of logic. The danger in this is that if logic reached the dead rock of senseless thought, then it would mean that justice was at risk. However, the ability to think critically about a topic was not destined to fail on every occasion (Ahbel-Rappe 125). Contrary to this, the sophists were of the rhetorical ideology of doing things (Cazacu 608). This ideology did not examine the assumptions presented by life in a logical way, although it asked some questions (Cazacu 609). This implies that it is as if it was never intended for people to reflect on their actions, thoughts, and projections of where they want to be (Cazacu 610). In general the sophists did not create an atmosphere in which people discussed things critically. Socrates' way of reasoning was engaging and required a thoughtful cross-exchange of ideas. The sophist way of distributing one's knowledge was one-way traffic in which the recipient's job was only to conform or rhetorically evaluate and implement what was imparted.
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