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Socrates' evidence that he is not a Sophist is that:

    { 1 } - Sophists are not teachers and he is.
    { 2 } - He doesn't teach for a fee.
    { 3 } - Sophists are not wise and he is.
    { 4 } - Sophists are atheists and he is not.
    { 5 } - He never discusses natural science.

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

Socrates' evidence that he is not a Sophist is that:

Socrates claims the opposite. See 19d-e.

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2 is correct!

Socrates' evidence that he is not a Sophist is that:

    { 1 } - Sophists are not teachers and he is.
    { 2 } - He doesn't teach for a fee.
    { 3 } - Sophists are not wise and he is.
    { 4 } - Sophists are atheists and he is not.
    { 5 } - He never discusses natural science.

See 19d-20c.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

Socrates' evidence that he is not a Sophist is that:

    { 1 } - Sophists are not teachers and he is.
    { 2 } - He doesn't teach for a fee.
    { 3 } - Sophists are not wise and he is.
    { 4 } - Sophists are atheists and he is not.
    { 5 } - He never discusses natural science.

On the contrary, Socrates' claim is that he is not wise. See 20e and 23a-b.

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4 is wrong. Please try again.

Socrates' evidence that he is not a Sophist is that:

    { 1 } - Sophists are not teachers and he is.
    { 2 } - He doesn't teach for a fee.
    { 3 } - Sophists are not wise and he is.
    { 4 } - Sophists are atheists and he is not.
    { 5 } - He never discusses natural science.

Socrates does not say that Sophists are atheists, although their activity of making the worse argument the stronger may understandibly lead people to consider them such.

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5 is wrong. Please try again.

Socrates' evidence that he is not a Sophist is that:

    { 1 } - Sophists are not teachers and he is.
    { 2 } - He doesn't teach for a fee.
    { 3 } - Sophists are not wise and he is.
    { 4 } - Sophists are atheists and he is not.
    { 5 } - He never discusses natural science.

This is his evidence that he is not a natural scientist. See 19d.

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