A theme that I have seen constantly emerge in our reading is education from the sophists. The sophists taught by using the method of dialectic, which was to create arguments for both sides of a controversy. This method of using contradictory arguments coined the name Dissoi Logoi. Gorgias, a famous sophist, thought that through the power of rhetoric he can use persuasion (peitho) as a way to deceive people into something. It has been said that Gorgias was able to persuade men to become slaves through the use of rhetoric without using force.

I think the theme of using rhetoric to create arguments and persuade people is a very interesting.