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Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
sophists by Plato. In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato credits him with inventing the role of the professional sophist. Protagoras is also believed to have created
Protagoras
Platonic dialogue
the elderly Protagoras, a celebrated sophist and philosopher. The discussion takes place at the home of Callias, who is host to Protagoras while he is
Protagoras_(dialogue)
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Protagoras may also refer to: Protagoras (crater), a lunar impact crater Protagoras (dialogue)
Protagoras_(disambiguation)
Teachers of 5th century BC Greece
representation of them may be; however, Protagoras and Prodicus are portrayed in a largely positive light in Protagoras. Protagoras argued that "man is the measure
Sophist
Greek philosopher (c. 470–399 BC)
of impulses (a view termed motivational intellectualism). In Plato's Protagoras (345c4–e6), Socrates implies that "no one errs willingly", which has become
Socrates
Socratic argument
similar in nature to that of Socrates' overturning of Protagoras. Modern philosophers overturning Protagoras' subjective truth include Edmund Husserl and John
Peritrope
Socratic dialogue by Plato concerning the nature of knowledge
a disciple of Protagoras, but states that he was a friend. Socrates invites Theodorus to put up a more vigorous defense of Protagoras, as he does not
Theaetetus_(dialogue)
Lack of self-control
April 2026. Protagoras at Project Gutenberg Kraut, Richard. "Aristotle's Ethics". plato.stanford.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2026. Plato, Protagoras, 358d, Plato
Akrasia
Paradox originating in ancient Greece
that the famous sophist Protagoras took on a promising pupil, Euathlus, on the understanding that the student pay Protagoras for his instruction after
Paradox_of_the_Court
Crater on the Moon
in the vicinity. The crater is named for the Greek sophist Protagoras of Abdera. Protagoras is a crater of Lower (Early) Imbrian age. By convention these
Protagoras_(crater)
Figure in Greek mythology
titled Protagoras, Plato contrasts Prometheus with his dull-witted brother Epimetheus, "Afterthinker". In Plato's dialogue Protagoras, Protagoras asserts
Prometheus
Group of philosophers
135. p. 156, James Adam, Platonis Protagoras, Cambridge University Press, 1893; p. 83, C.C.W. Taylor, Plato: Protagoras, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Seven_Sages_of_Greece
Greek philosopher
pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" (10a) In the Protagoras dialogue it is argued through Socrates that virtue is innate and cannot
Plato
Philosophical origins and foundation of Western civilization
sophist, according to Plato, was Protagoras, whom he presents as teaching that all virtue is conventional. It was Protagoras who claimed that "man is the
Ancient_Greek_philosophy
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
ISBN 0-7100-8860-4, and editions of 1982, 1996 and 2006 Davison, J. A. (1953). "Protagoras, Democritus, and Anaxagoras". Classical Quarterly. 3 (n.s) (1–2): 33–45
Anaxagoras
Terse philosophical saying
285b–d. Protagoras 342b, d–e, from the translation given at the end of the section on Lycurgus in e-classics.com. Beresford, A., Plato: Protagoras and Meno
Laconic_phrase
Ancient Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE)
in passing in the writings of two contemporaries: in Plato's dialogues Protagoras and Phaedrus, and in Aristotle's Politics, all of which date from the
Hippocrates
Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)
his fellow northern-born philosopher Aristotle, and was the teacher of Protagoras. The importance which was attached to the researches of Democritus is
Democritus
Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Zeno_of_Elea
Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50 – c. 135)
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Epictetus
European cultural period of the 14th to 17th centuries
humanitas and the rediscovery of classical Greek philosophy, such as that of Protagoras, who said that "man is the measure of all things". Although the invention
Renaissance
Argument that uses faulty reasoning
(1991). Protagoras and Logos: A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0872497580. Protagoras (1972)
Fallacy
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 626 – c. 545 BC)
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Thales_of_Miletus
Greek philosopher and sophist (483–375 BC)
understand. While scholars debate the precise subtleties of the teachings of Protagoras, Hippias, and Prodicus, they generally agree on the basic frameworks of
Gorgias
Platonic theory on words and names
are Plato's works Cratylus, Protagoras, and The Republic. In these, he criticizes the Sophists, namely Prodicus and Protagoras, for their misused language
Orthotes_onomaton
Lebanese-Canadian actor, author and director (b. 1968)
of Canada in 1991. In 1998, his creation Willy Protagoras enfermé dans les toilettes (Willy Protagoras locked up in the toilets) was voted best Montreal-based
Wajdi_Mouawad
Virtues of mind and character
See also Protagoras 330b, which also includes piety (hosiotes). Cicero and Plato sometimes preferred the word sōphrosynē. e.g., Protagoras 349b; cf.
Cardinal_virtues
5th century BC Greek philosopher
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Empedocles
that he was studying with Protagoras in order to follow in his teacher's footsteps and become a sophist himself. Plato, Protagoras p. 315a. Themistius, Orat
Antimoerus
Set of maxims inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
century BC. The first known reference to the Seven Sages is in Plato's Protagoras, where they are said to have collectively authored the first two maxims
Delphic_maxims
Ancient Greek philosopher (fl. c. 500 BC)
nature; hence Protagoras' famous statement "man is the measure of all things". In Plato's dialogue Theaetetus, Socrates sees Protagoras's "man is the measure"
Heraclitus
Ancient Minoan buildings in Crete
Empedocles Epicurus Gorgias Heraclitus Hypatia Leucippus Parmenides Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus Aesop Alcaeus Archilochus
Minoan_palaces
according to Diogenes Laertius, a follower of Protagoras. Callias of Alopece was a student of Protagoras, Hippias, and Prodicus. He appeared in several
List of pre-Socratic philosophers
List_of_pre-Socratic_philosophers
Educational model once used in Athens
ideals of Greek culture. Internet Archive. Oxford, B. Blackwell. "Plato, Protagoras, section 343b". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-09. "Plato, Republic
Paideia
Personification of strength in Greek mythology
their father Agamemnon by their mother Clytemnestra. Plato's dialogue Protagoras, written in the fourth century BC, includes an account of the legend of
Kratos_(mythology)
Dialogue by Plato
dialogue Protagoras, where Plato ultimately has Socrates arrive at the opposite conclusion: virtue can be taught. Likewise, while in Protagoras knowledge
Meno
Ancient Greek rhetorical exercise
ἀρετή. However, in Protagoras 328c, the usually attentive Plato claims Polyclitus to have in fact two sons, not just one. The Protagoras' dramatic events
Dissoi_logoi
Human flourishing in ancient Greek philosophy
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Eudaimonia
Hellenistic philosopher, founder of Stoicism (c. 334–c. 262 BC)
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Zeno_of_Citium
Greek Neopythagorean philosopher (c.15–100)
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Apollonius_of_Tyana
Austrian and Czech writer (1883–1924)
an avid reader throughout his life; together he and Brod read Plato's Protagoras in the original Greek, on Brod's initiative, and Gustave Flaubert's L'éducation
Franz_Kafka
Long-standing debate in biology and society
Holt and Company. ISBN 9780805072808. In Plato's Protagoras 351b; an opposition is made by Protagoras' character between art on one hand and constitution
Nature_versus_nurture
Philosophical doctrine which holds that all matter is alive
revived the doctrines of Protagoras and was therefore subject to the criticisms which Plato had deployed against Protagoras in the Theaetetus. On the
Hylozoism
Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.570–c.478 BC)
through Parmenides, Melissus of Samos, Zeno of Elea, Leucippus, Democritus, Protagoras, Nessos of Chios, Metrodorus of Chios, Diogenes of Smyrna, Anaxarchus
Xenophanes
Philosophical principle that perspectives and epistemology are always linked
Early forms of perspectivism have been identified in the philosophies of Protagoras, Michel de Montaigne, and Gottfried Leibniz. However, its first major
Perspectivism
of Tisamenus Symposium Protagoras; Epigram 6 Alcibiades of Scambonidae, son of Clinias Alcibiades, II Alcibiades, Protagoras, Symposium Euthydemus, Gorgias
List of speakers in Plato's dialogues
List_of_speakers_in_Plato's_dialogues
4th-century BC Athenian aristocrat and politician
in poverty. He is a character in several Socratic dialogues: Plato's Protagoras and Xenophon's Symposium are set at his house, and he featured in Aeschines
Callias_III
Ancient Greek philosopher and politician
hard thing to be a good man." In Plato's Protagoras, Socrates discusses this saying at length with Protagoras, and Prodicus of Ceos calls "barbarian" the
Pittacus_of_Mytilene
Greek philosopher (c. 465 – c. 395 BC)
Beginner's History of Philosophy. Vol. 1. p. 68. Plato, Protagoras, 316d; Suda, Prodicus Plato, Protagoras, 339c, 340e, 341b Plato, Hippias Major 282, comp.
Prodicus
Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates (c. 444 – 393 BC)
tragedy and sophism. He is present for the speeches delivered in Plato's Protagoras, whose dramatic date of 433/432 BC suggests that Phaedrus was involved
Phaedrus_(Athenian)
Geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe
mythology, the chief representative of the art of song and playing the lyre. Protagoras (c. 490–420 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Abdera, Thrace. An expert
Thrace
5th-century BC Athenian
Archelaus. Pausanias appears briefly in two other Socratic dialogues, Plato's Protagoras and Xenophon's Symposium. He is also mentioned in Book V of Athenaeus'
Pausanias_of_Athens
related to Hippocratic tradition. Plato gives Hippocrates this title in his Protagoras, referring to him as “Hippocrates of Kos, the Asclepiad”. It may also
Asclepiad_(title)
Public meeting place in Classical Athens
debate long before Aristotle. Philosophers such as Prodicus of Ceos, Protagoras, and numerous rhapsodes had spoken there. The most famous philosophers
Lyceum_(classical)
2nd-century Roman philosopher and physician
interprete, Parisiis, M. Javenem, 1569 (Vicifons). Philosophical skepticism Protagoras Dissoi Logoi Outlines of Pyrrhonism. W. Heinemann, Limited. ISBN 978-0-674-99301-3
Sextus_Empiricus
Legendary ancient poet and musician
by Orpheus and Musaeus but the greater are inspired by Homer. In the Protagoras, Plato says that Musaeus was a hierophant and a prophet. In the Apology
Musaeus_of_Athens
Philosophical positions
pp. 400–07 "Protagoras | Greek philosopher". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-05-28. Mark, Joshua J. (18 January 2012). "Protagoras of Abdera: Of
Moral_relativism
Principal object of faith in theism
points of view. They include Protagoras, a 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher. "The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Protagoras (c. 490 – c. 420 BCE)".
God
Anonymous commentary on a work of Plato
Protagoras and his book On Truth. The commentator then distinguishes the relativism of Protagoras from the skepticism of the Pyrrhonists; Protagoras says
Anonymous Commentary on Plato's Theaetetus
Anonymous_Commentary_on_Plato's_Theaetetus
Positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good
is unclear whether Plato subscribed to a unified view of virtues. In Protagoras and Meno he states that the separate virtues cannot exist independently
Virtue
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
Commentary On Aristotle's Physics. A9. Laërtius, Diogenes. "Others: Protagoras" . Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Vol. 2:9. Translated by Hicks, Robert
Parmenides
Greek philosopher (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Pythagoras
2nd-century Syrian satirist and rhetorician
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Lucian
Rejection of certain ideas about reality
of its origins trace back to ancient philosophy. Some Sophists, like Protagoras (c. 490–420 BCE), disputed the existence of an objective truth, arguing
Nihilism
Right or opportune moment
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Kairos
Philosophical school of thought
reason and natural law without relying on myth, tradition, or religion. Protagoras, who lived in Athens c. 440 BCE, put forward some fundamental humanist
Humanism
Genre of literary prose
Major Hippias Minor Ion Laches Laws Lysis Menexenus Meno Minos Parmenides Protagoras Phaedo Phaedrus Philebus Republic Rival Lovers Sophist Statesman Symposium
Socratic_dialogue
Philosophical system
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Platonism
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Overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece
Diogenes Empedocles Epicurus Heraclitus Leucippus Gorgias Parmenides Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Ancient Greek Ancient Greek, by period
Outline_of_ancient_Greece
Art movement and architectural style
did not come up with these ideas alone. Socrates ideals stem back from Protagoras and other 'sophists'. These 'teachers of political arts' were the first
Classicism
5th-century BC Athenian physician
was born in the mid-5th century BC. Set approximately in 433/2, Plato's Protagoras dialogue includes a depiction of his close friendship with Socrates' student
Eryximachus
Religious discipline of systematic defence of a position
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Apologetics
Plutarch – History, Biography, Philosophy Posidippus (comic poet) – Comedy Protagoras – Philosophy Sappho of Lesbos – Lyric Poetry Simonides – Lyric Poetry
List_of_ancient_Greek_writers
Greek concept similar to the sublime
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Hypsos
Personification of violence in Greek mythology
Theogony 383–5; Apollodorus, 1.2.4 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1 ff.; Plato, Protagoras 321d Bloch, para. 1; Pausanias, 2.4.6. Hesiod, Theogony 132–138, 337–370
Bia_(mythology)
5th century BC Greek sophist
mid 5th-century BC (c. 460 BC) and was thus a younger contemporary of Protagoras and Socrates. He lived at least as late as Socrates (399 BC). He was a
Hippias
Greek philosophers active before and during the time of Socrates
Prominent sophists include Protagoras, Gorgias, Hippias, Thrasymachus, Prodicus, Callicles, Antiphon, and Critias. Protagoras is mostly known for two of
Pre-Socratic_philosophy
Greek philosophy centred in Miletus, Ionia in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Ionian_school_(philosophy)
Book by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Dialogus_de_oratoribus
Principle of classical rhetoric, poetry, and theatrical theory
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Decorum
Legal killing of a person as punishment
The Romans also used the death penalty for a wide range of offences. Protagoras (whose thought is reported by Plato) criticised the principle of revenge
Capital_punishment
tetralogy Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis 6th tetralogy Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno 7th tetralogy Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus
List of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues
List_of_manuscripts_of_Plato's_dialogues
Contentious rhetoric
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Polemic
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
Empedocles Epicurus Gorgias Heraclitus Hypatia Leucippus Parmenides Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus Aesop Alcaeus Archilochus
Ancient_Greece
Exercise in rhetoric
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Controversia
Conformity to reality
associating truth with thought and being while contrasting it with non-being. Protagoras (c. 490 – c. 420 BCE) proposed a form of relativism according to which
Truth
American philosopher (1924–2021)
elaborated a robust form of relativism. His philosophical affinities included Protagoras, Hegel, C. S. Peirce, Dewey, Wittgenstein, and W.V. Quine. Joseph Margolis
Joseph_Margolis
Speeches in praise of a person, usually recently deceased
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Eulogy
Damning speech to condemn a particular political actor
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Philippic
Umbrella term of influence and mode of communication
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Persuasion
Philosophical term referring to systems of understanding (i.e. knowledge)
is also distinguished from techne: a craft or applied practice. In the Protagoras, Plato's Socrates notes that nous and episteme are prerequisites for prudence
Episteme
Greek philosopher (c. 470 – c. 385 BC)
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Philolaus
Ancient Greek maxim
century BC. The first known reference to the Seven Sages is in Plato's Protagoras, where they are said to have collectively authored the first two maxims
Know_thyself
Greek-language term
have been death or being exiled. Some philosophers, such as Anaxagoras, Protagoras and Socrates were accused and trialed by the Heliaia. The Indian emperor
Eusebeia
Academic discipline focused on post-classical Greece
Lysias, historians Herodotus and Thucydides, philosophers Zeno of Elea, Protagoras of Abdera, Empedocles of Acragas, Heraclitus, Xenophanes, Socrates, Plato
Hellenic_studies
Hellenistic Greek philosopher (c. 204/5–270)
Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more... Italian Gorgias Callicles
Plotinus
Study of the nature of deities and religious beliefs
discussion about the divine is possible has long been a point of contention. Protagoras, as early as the fifth century BC, who is reputed to have been exiled
Theology
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
such as anger and fear, multiplied pain. Towards the end of Plato's Protagoras it is reasoned that the "salvation of our life" depends upon applying
Arete_of_Cyrene
Politician or orator who panders to fears and emotions of the public
Hobbes Hypereides Isocrates Lucian Lysias McLuhan Ong Perelman Pizan Protagoras Quintilian Ramus Richards Seneca the Elder Smith Toulmin Vico Weaver Works
Demagogue
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Lord Shiva
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Female
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 German form of Greek Elisabet, ELISABETH means "God is my oath." Compare with another form of Elisabeth.
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tents; tabernacles
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