Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that… - Protagoras

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Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not.

Protagoras

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Protagoras (c. 481 BC – c. 420 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher. He was a pre-Socratic philosopher and is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato, who in his dialogue of the same name credits him with having invented the role of the professional sophist or teacher of "virtue".

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Alternative Names: Protagoras of Abdera

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The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all.

You, Socrates, began by saying that virtue can't be taught, and now you are insisting on the opposite, trying to show that all things are knowledge, justice, soundness of mind, even courage, from which it would follow that virtue most certainly can be taught.

As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much to prevent our knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.

Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not. - Protagoras

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