Is virtue something that can be taught Or does it come by practice Or is it
... In it, I will enter this debate and will attempt to show how, if something can be learned, there is a further question as to whether anyone can teach it. ... ” A Sophist is one who made the claim that all men are teachable of all things; through this statement, Sophists even made the claim that virtue could be taught and learned as well. Through the definition found in our text book, “ the word sophist^es is composed by adding to the word for wisdom a suffix connoting a man who practices a profession, and who is thus in some way an expert; a sophist therefore means something like a “wisdom expert. ... The question in the title also makes reference to virtue. In order for me to be able to fully enter this debate, a definition of virtue is needed. In my own words, a definition of virtue is: the quality which enables one to know the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, worthy and unworthy, and which leads to one to choose good, right or worthy. ... Virtue played a central role for the Sophists. ... If virtue can be learned, can anyone teach it? ... Ethics or morality, as Protagoras mentions in his writings, is broken down into three categories: the first being ‘ergon’ – the task or function of an object; the second is arête’ – virtue/excellence; and lastly agathos – good.