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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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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 claims the opposite. See 19d-e.
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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.
See 19d-20c.
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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.
On the contrary, Socrates' claim is that he is not wise. See 20e and 23a-b.
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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.
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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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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