In at least 100 words, describe how socrates often uses rhetoric to express his central ideas.

Sophist with a wealthy father, who paid for him to study with Protagoras, Prodicus of Cheos, and Gorgias. Had a gentle nature and stage fright- quickly realized that this would cripple any possibility of a political career, so he became a speechwriter, and then a prominent teacher. Tried to persuade his fellow Sophists that rhetorical invention was ground in every part of speech, and word choice/style reflected the speaker's character. In this way, he felt that the speaker's presence through delivery is highly persuasive.Tried to match meaning and rhythm.From Isocrates, Aristotle derived theories that humans aren't animals because we use speech, ethos is most important in persuasion, and rhetoric is an art, not a science. Isocrates implemented benefits of imitation to his students: "Understanding civic virtue gives on the ability to make good decisions; rhetoric allows one to justify these decisions. But you can make this in 100 words any way you want