PROTAGORAS

prōtăgˈərəs, c.490–c.421 b.c., Greek philosopher of Abdera, one of the more distinguished Sophists. He taught for a time in Athens, where he was a friend of Pericles and knew Socrates, but was forced to flee because of his professed agnosticism. Protagoras was the author of the famous saying, "Man is the measure of all things." He held that each man is the standard of what is true to himself, that all truth is relative to the individual who holds it and can have no validity beyond him. Thus he denied the possibility of objective knowledge and refused to differentiate between sense and reason. None of his works have survived, but one of Plato's most famous dialogues bears his name.

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Epistemology after Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus
Book by Mi-Kyoung Lee; Clarendon Press, 2005
Subjects: Aristotle--Metaphysics--Book 4--5, Democritus, Plato--Theaetetus, Protagoras--Aletheia, Relativity--History
...hand, suppose at least one person believes Protagoras claim, namely, Protagoras himself. First, B2a one can say that it is...be familiar from the first argument against Protagoras; it has now been applied to the measure doctrine...
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Protagoras
Book by C. C. W. Taylor, Plato; Oxford University Press, 1996
Subjects: Ethics, Protagoras, Socrates, Sophists (Greek Philosophy)
...Press Oxford Classical Texts , 1900-7 . Protagoras in vol. iii. A new text is in preparation...Dale ; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1953 . Protagoras in vol. i. Editions of Protagoras with Greek Text Adam J., and Adam A. M...
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Protagoras and Meno
Book by W. K. C. Guthrie, Plato; Penguin Book, 1956
Subjects: Philosophy, Ancient, Plato--Ethics, Plato--Political And Social Views, Protagoras
will be unjust. When Protagoras demurs, this line is dropped and...wisdom and temperance. After getting Protagoras to agree that one thing can have...pause except for an exhortation to Protagoras not to grow weary he passes to another...
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The Phaedrus, Lysis, and Protagoras of Plato: a New and Literal Translation Mainly from the Text of Bekker
Book by J. Wright; Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1921
Subjects: Sophists (Greek Philosophy)
SUMMARY OF THE PROTAGORAS SOCRATES meets an acquaintance in...been talking with the great Sophist Protagoras. The acquaintance, much interested...house to tell me the grand news that Protagoras was come to Athens, and to beg me...
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Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World - Vol. 1
Book by Frank N. Magill; Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998
Subjects: World History
PROTAGORAS Born: c. 485 B.C.; Abdera, Greece...Philosophy and education Contribution: Protagoras was among the first and was possibly...Early Life Most of what is known of Protagoras comes from select writings of Plato...
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LEE, Mi-Kyoung. Epistemology after Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus
Journal article by Christopher Gilbert; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Epistemology after Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus (Book)--Book reviews
...LEE, Mi-Kyoung. Epistemology after Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato...LEE, Mi-Kyoung. Epistemology after Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato...Classical period. The relativism of Protagoras measure doctrine--"Man is the measure...
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Relying on Your Own Voice: An Unsettled Rivalry of Moral Ideals in Plato's Protagoras
Journal article by Charles L. Jr. Griswold; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 53, 1999
Subjects: Communication--Social aspects, Greek literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Plato--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Questioning--Technique, Socrates--Influence
...UNSETTLED RIVALRY OF MORAL IDEALS IN PLATOS PROTAGORAS by CHARLES L. JR. GRISWOLD PLATOS Protagoras is composed of three distinct frames...unnamed companion. The remainder of the Protagoras is willingly narrated by Socrates to the...
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Homo Faber, Homo Sapiens, or Homo Politicus? Protagoras and the Myth of Prometheus
Journal article by Alfredo Ferrarin; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 54, 2000
Subjects: Gods, Greek--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Human beings--Philosophy, Intellect--Philosophy, Philosophy--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Prometheus (Mythological figure)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...homo sapiens, or homo politicus? protagoras and the myth of prometheus. by Alfredo...analyzes the myth of Prometheus in Platos Protagoras. (6) It takes its bearings from the...ambiguous and escape us. We will contrast Protagoras Prometheus with other pictures of Prometheus...
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Philosophy as Performed in Plato's 'Theaetetus.'
Journal article by Eugenio Benitez, Livia Guimaraes; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 47, 1993
Subjects: Philosophy, Ancient--Analysis, Plato--Philosophy, Theaetetus (Book)--Philosophy
...himself, Theodorus, Socrates, and Protagoras.(12) Let us first consider the type...pertinent characterizations of Socrates and Protagoras for sections III and IV, where philosophy...molded under the influence of Theodorus, Protagoras, and Socrates. Consider first the...
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Who's Who in Plato's Timaeus-Critias and Why
Journal article by Laurence Lampert, Christopher Planeaux; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 52, 1998
Subjects: Dialogue--Political aspects, Plato--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Socrates--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Speeches, addresses, etc.--Social aspects
...Socrates pursuit of Alkibiades begins with the Protagoras, for the Protagoras is set during the Panathenean festival of 434...champion, compelling the sixty-five year old Protagoras to resign in defeat before the whole group of...
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Protagoras Visits the Darwinian Planet
Magazine article by Anselm Atkins; The Humanist, Vol. 58, March 1998
Subjects: Darwin, Charles--Influence, Epistemology--History, Knowledge, Theory of--History, Protagoras--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Reality--Analysis
Protagoras Visits the Darwinian Planet. by Anselm...great anti-Socratic philosopher, Protagoras. The underlying question here is whether...discover it. invent it, every bit, says Protagoras. This is a stupendous insight into...
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Breaking the Last Taboo
Magazine article by James A. Haught; Free Inquiry, Vol. 17, Winter 1996
Subjects: Agnosticism--Social aspects
...century B.C.E., the Greek teacher Protagoras wrote: As to the gods, I have no way...not exist, or what they are like. Protagoras was charged with impiety, as were other...Anaxagoras, who were sentenced to death, Protagoras merely was banished from Athens, and...
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The Rise of the Knowledge Society
Magazine article by Peter F. Drucker; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 17, Spring 1993
Subjects: Knowledge, Sociology of--Analysis, Technological innovations--History
...opponent, the brilliant and learned Protagoras, held, however, that the purpose...what to say and how to say it. For Protagoras knowledge meant logic, grammar, and...but book learning, both Socrates and Protagoras respected techne. But even to Socrates...
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Ancient Greece's Death Penalty Dilemma and Its Influence on Modern Society
Magazine article by Robert Blecker; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, July 2006
Subjects: Ancient Greek civilization--Influence, Capital punishment--History, Capital punishment--Influence, Capital punishment--Social aspects, Civilization, Greek--Influence, Constitutions, Future punishment, Murderers--Civil rights, Premeditation (Law), Revenge, Society--Social policy
...that are. that they are," proclaimed Protagoras, the first and greatest Sophist. Every...share. "In punishing wrongdoers," Protagoras declared, "no one concentrates on...long run, human history progressed. Protagoras paradoxical faith in real progress...
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Plato: Complete Works
Magazine article by Seth Benardete; New Criterion, Vol. 16, February 1998
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Plato: Complete Works. (Book)--Reviews
...are dealt with in the Gorgias and Protagoras respectively. And the two forms in...opposition to both the sophistry of Protagoras and the rhetoric of Gorgias, and that...reason that all the characters in the Protagoras reappear in the Symposium but have to...
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Suiting Your Style - and Your Comfort
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 24, 2008
Subjects: Furniture industry
...the measure of all things," the ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras famously wrote. Too bad thats all Greek to most furniture...of chairs, which were first used well before the time of Protagoras, who died in 420 B.C. The earliest pieces we know of were...
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Why Denying the Truth Is to Live Enslaved
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 5, 2011
Subjects: Slavery
...our hands of all certainty. Pilate was not the first to ask the question, What is truth? Famously, the Greek philosopher Protagoras declared that man is the measure of all things - meaning that truth is simply what we humans perceive it to be. Or, to paraphrase...
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Making Sense of the Unintelligible
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 5, 1997
...Christian alone is the answer, "Yes." These are fabrications of the human mind when man is the measure of all things (Protagoras). Ethics then becomes sailing orders for our civilizations which specify only, "Dont bump into one another out there...
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Boris Lays Down the Bottom Line on Upping Size of Homes
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 10, 2009
...London, peering into the audience as if to seek evidence. He derives his view from that held by the ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras, who was presumably not thinking of the gluteus maximus, when he said that "man is the measure of all things". The bum...


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encyclopedia articles on: Protagoras  - 6 results

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Protagoras
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROTAGORAS protag r s, c.490 c.421 b.c., Greek philosopher of Abdera, one...Socrates, but was forced to flee because of his professed agnosticism. Protagoras was the author of the famous saying, "Man is the measure of all things...
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Sophists
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...their audiences. The term was given as a mark of respect. Protagoras was perhaps the first to style himself a Sophist and to receive...Sophists. Modern studies have stressed the contributions of Protagoras and Gorgias to a theory of knowledge and to ethics. They...
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Critias
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...name for rapacity and bloodthirstiness, although Plato seems to have admired him, using him as a speaker in the dialogues Protagoras, Timaeus, and Critias. When Thrasybulus led his forces against the Thirty, Critias was killed in battle...
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Callias , D. C.370 B.C., Athenian Leader
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...wealth was ridiculed by his contemporaries, including Aristophanes. His house is the scene of Xenophons Symposium and Platos Protagoras. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
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Abdera
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...city under Roman rule. The term Abderite was used by the ancient Greeks as a synonym for stupid. However, the philosophers Protagoras, Leucippus, and Democritus lived there. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press...
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