Why did the Sophists begin to care?

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 I think that Sophists such as Protagoras and Socrates would start questioning traditional societal beliefs at this point in time because society and the government began showing their true selves after and during the war. For example, after Pericles' death Athens needed a leader of which many figures ran in the assembly. However, all they wanted was power and would do anything to get it, almost leading to mob rule since the Athenian crowds were given anything they wanted. This new flaw revealed about Democracy probably caused these Sophists to wonder if this really was the ideal government or if it wasn't good for the people at all because of all of the riots and issues being caused.  Another example of society and the government showing their true sides is, after the Athenians had won a sea battle against Sparta they were forced to come straight back to Athens due to the dangerous waters, forcing them to leave overboard soldiers at sea. When they returned to Athens, the leaders of the battle were put into prison and executed due to leaving these soldiers. The Athenian assembly didn't see anything good with these leaders even though they had just won a battle for Athens in the war. Socrates most likely began questioning society at this point because this event showed him that the assembly didn't see anything good about people. Socrates probably wondered if the assembly/ athenians had a conscience or only cared about rules and laws.


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