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Characterize Socrates as He Is Portrayed in Aristophanes' Comic Play

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Characterize Socrates as he is portrayed in Aristophanes' comic play The Clouds.
As the play opens, Socrates is portrayed as a Sophist, hanging in a basket studying things in the heavens. He runs a school called the Thinkery and accepts students for pay. He promises to teach students how to make the weaker argument into the stronger, and he is a thorough rascal.

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