Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. During the time of the sophists, Athens flourished economically and culturally.
2. The older generation of sophists advised worship of the gods for pragmatic and socially prudent reasons.
3. The younger generation of sophists were deeply religious and conservative.
4. The sophists were more concerned to find the truth than to win arguments.
5. The sophist Thrasymachus taught that might makes right.


T 1. During the time of the sophists, Athens flourished economically and culturally.
T 2. The older generation of sophists advised worship of the gods for pragmatic and socially prudent reasons.
F 3. The younger generation of sophists were deeply religious and conservative.
F 4. The sophists were more concerned to find the truth than to win arguments.
T 5. The sophist Thrasymachus taught that might makes right.

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