Protagoras

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ancient Greek philosopher human pre-Socratic philosopher rhetorician sophist

Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and philosopher best known for his relativistic claim that "man is the measure of all things."

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Label	Occurrences
Protagoras canonical	24
Πρωταγόρας	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ sophist ⓘ
associatedWith	Abdera ⓘ Athens ⓘ
birthPlace	Abdera ⓘ Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Thrace ⓘ
culturalContext	Classical Athens ⓘ
era	Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ Pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ
floruit	5th century BCE ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	Gorgias ⓘ Hippias of Elis ⓘ surface form: Hippias Plato ⓘ Prodicus ⓘ relativist traditions in philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek rhetorical practice ⓘ pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ
knownFor	agnosticism about the gods ⓘ relativism ⓘ sophistry ⓘ teaching rhetoric for pay ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	early proponent of relativism in Western philosophy ⓘ foundational figure of sophism ⓘ
name	Protagoras self-link ⓘ
nationality	Greek ⓘ
notableIdea	"Man is the measure of all things" ⓘ arguments can be made stronger or weaker by technique ⓘ truth is relative to the perceiver ⓘ
occupation	philosopher ⓘ sophist ⓘ teacher of rhetoric ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Sophists ⓘ surface form: Sophism
regionOfActivity	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Athens ⓘ
studentOf	no widely attested specific teacher ⓘ
subjectOf	Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ references in Diogenes Laërtius ⓘ references in Plato's "Theaetetus" ⓘ
taught	rhetoric to Athenian citizens ⓘ virtue as a teachable skill ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 5th century BCE ⓘ
viewOnEthics	ethical relativism ⓘ
viewOnKnowledge	epistemic relativism ⓘ
viewOnReligion	agnostic about the existence of the gods ⓘ

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Meno → relatedWork → Protagoras ⓘ

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subject surface form: Protagoras (dialogue)