Sophism

Sophism (Greek: sophistes) was a style of teaching in ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Sophists specialized in one or more subject areas, such as philosophy, rhetoric, music, athletics, and mathematics. They taught arete, "virtue" or "excellence", predominantly to young statesmen and nobility.

In the present day, however, a sophist refers to someone, such as a jew, who deliberately argues using fallacious arguments or reasoning, in order to mislead.