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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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| Protagoras | Born | c. 490 BC Abdera | 1.00 | infobox |
| Protagoras | Died | c. 420 BC (aged c. 70) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Protagoras | Era | Pre-Socratic philosophy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Protagoras | Main interests | Language, semantics, rhetoric, agnosticism, ethics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Protagoras | Notable ideas | Relativism The "man measure" thesis | 1.00 | infobox |
| Protagoras | Region | Western philosophy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Protagoras | School | Sophists | 1.00 | infobox |
| Protagoras | related to Agnosticism | Tim Whitmarsh | 0.60 | section |
| Protagoras | related to Agnosticism | Reportedly | 0.60 | section |
| Protagoras | related to Agnosticism | Protagoras's | 0.60 | section |
| Protagoras | related to Agnosticism | On | 0.60 | section |
| Protagoras | related to Agnosticism | Gods | 0.60 | section |
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