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Protagoras

Protagoras

Plato
Adam, Adela Marion
Adam, James

Paperback

Series: Greek Texts

Miscellaneous LanguagesLiterary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 0862920256
ISBN13: 9780862920258
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Published: Jan 30 2011
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Plato's Protagoras is the dialogue which pits Socrates against Protagoras as representative of the 'sophistic movement' and clearly distances Socrates from his teachings. Protagoras was the chief exponent of the view, ascribed comically by Aristophanes in Clouds to Socrates himself, that one should be able to argue with equal force for or against any particular socio-political or ethical standpoint (i.e. make the weaker argument appear the stronger). He was also author of the famous dictum that 'man ins the measure of all things'. This long-standing edition remains invaluable. It contains a clear introduction, the Greek text, detailed annotation, and appendices on the Simonides poem discussed by Socrates in the dialogue, and on the life and works of the 'real' Protagoras.

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