Why were Sophists considered to be impious?
A) The idea that truth was relative to the individual threatened to subvert the laws and moral code of the state and the deities.
B) The word Sophist is derived from the Greek word for wisdom, suggesting that Sophists can attain greater wisdom than their deities.
C) Socrates was considered a Sophist and was tried for corrupting the youth and sentenced to death, thus damning all Sophists.
D) Protagoras contended that "man was the measure of all things, of what is and what is not" leaving no honor for the Gods.
E) The Sophists were not considered impious.
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