Thoughts and Praxis

The Platonic dialogues are logical argumentation to remove the distinction between thoughts and praxis. True wisdom (logical, ethical and aesthetically) is a way of living in the world. The sophist is the first people to create a harsh distinction between words of persuasion (thoughts) and virtue or technical ability (praxis). Plato argue that virtue, episteme and techne are all part of wisdom. To be a great teacher you must be what the novices are supposed to become. Aristotle concede the sophistic position by presenting techne as something not good or even not human. His understanding of human as a thoughtful being creates a hierarchy of knowledge, presenting thoughts as better than praxis.