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Protagoras (/proʊˈtæɡərəs/; Greek: Πρωταγόρας; c. 490 – c. 420 BC)[1] was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue, Protagoras, Plato credits him with having invented the role of the professional sophist.
He also is believed to have created a major controversy during ancient times through his statement that, "Man is the measure of all things", interpreted by Plato to mean that there is no absolute truth, but that which individuals deem to be the truth. Although there is reason to question the extent of the interpretation of his arguments that has followed, that concept of individual relativity was revolutionary for the time, and contrasted with other philosophical doctrines that claime ...more

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	The Philosophy Book by Will Buckingham, Jason Culp (Narrator), Lao Tzu (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 5,763 ratings — published 2010 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists by Robin Waterfield (Translator), Anaximander, Anaximenes 3.95 avg rating — 960 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lives of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius, James Miller (Editor)(Introduction), Pamela Mensch (Contributor)(Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 730 ratings — published 250 — 266 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reality by Carl Levenson (Editor), Jonathan Westphal (Editor), G.M.A. Grube (Translator) 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragmentos Y Testimonios (Historia Del Pensamiento, #16) by Gorgias of Leontini, Protagoras 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published -450 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obras by Sofistas, Protagoras, Jeníades 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Σοφιστές 1: Πρωταγόρας, Ξενιάδης, Γοργίας, Λυκόφρων, Πρόδικος, Θρασύμαχος, Ιππίας by Γοργίας, Θρασύμαχος, Ιππίας liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragmentos y testimonios by Protagoras, José Barrio Gutiérrez (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published -440	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plato (Not a facsimile) by Protagoras, Gregory Vlastos (Editor), Martin Ostwald (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Vorsokratiker: Biographien, Lehren und überlieferte Schriften der bedeutendsten griechischen Philosophen des 6. und 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. by Heraklit, Wilhelm Nestle (Editor), Demokrit 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Concerning the gods I cannot know either that they exist or that they do not exist, or what form they might have, for there is much to prevent one's knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the shortness of man's life.”
― Protagoras

tags: agnostic, atheism, clarity, gods, greece, greek, polytheism

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“Man is the measure of all things”
― Protagoras

tags: perspectivism, philosophy, relativism

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“Man is the measure of all things of things that are, that they are, of things are not, that they are not”
― Protagoras

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