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Protagoras

Protagoras (/proʊˈtæɡərəs, -æs/ proh-TAG-ər-əs, -⁠ass; Greek: Πρωταγόρας; c. 490 BC – c. 420 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and rhetorical theorist. He is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato credits him with inventing the role of the professional sophist.

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Born
c. 490 BC Abdera
Died
c. 420 BC (aged c. 70)
Era
Pre-Socratic philosophy
Main interests
Language, semantics, rhetoric, agnosticism, ethics
Notable ideas
Relativism The "man measure" thesis
Region
Western philosophy

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related to External links · 28
Protagoras → Bradley, Carol, Diogenes, Dowden, Edward, Eminent Philosophers, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hicks, In Fieser, In Zalta, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, Lives, Loeb Classical Library, Mauro Bonazzi, OCLC, Others, Philosophy, Poster
related to References · 27
Protagoras → Abdera, Aristotle, Bartlett, Brill, Cambridge University Press, Chicago, Democritus, Epistemology, Guthrie, His Measure, ISBN, Lee, May, Mi-Kyoung, New York, Ophuijsen, Plato, Political Philosophy, Protagoras' Challenge, Raalte
related to Spectrum of topics · 25
Protagoras → According, Antilogiae, Art, Diogenes Laërtius, Eristics, Fee, Gods, Hades, Imperative, It, Man, Nonetheless, On, On Ambition, On Incorrect Human Actions, On Sciences, On Those, On Virtues, Original State, Plato
related to Biography · 19
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related to Philosophy · 18
Protagoras → According, Aristotle, BC Greece, Democritus, Even, For, He, In Plato's Protagoras, Meno, Metaphysics, Nonetheless, Phaedo, Philodemus, Plato's, Rather, Selections, Stobaeus, The
related to Agnosticism · 13
Protagoras → According, Athenians, Burnet, Cicero, Concerning, Diogenes Laërtius, Gods, John Burnet, On, Protagoras's, Reportedly, The, Tim Whitmarsh
related to Relativism · 9
Protagoras → According, Although, Aristotle, Consequently, Dissoi, Man, Refutations, Sophistic, Truth
Born · 1
Protagoras → c. 490 BC Abdera
Died · 1
Protagoras → c. 420 BC (aged c. 70)
Era · 1
Protagoras → Pre-Socratic philosophy

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plato philosophy bc truth relativism also man according may known one measure democritus aristotle diogenes laërtius things individual must 490

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ProtagorasSchoolSophists1.00infobox
Protagorasrelated to AgnosticismTim Whitmarsh0.60section
Protagorasrelated to AgnosticismReportedly0.60section
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