Protagoras

Devyn K. Smith Greek Philosophy Henry Schuurman I.D Number:130010 Mailbox Number: 621 Protagoras and the Sophists Throughout the history of the world, philosophy has been at the forefront of the human search for knowledge, but there is no other philosophy like ancient Greek philosophy. Ancient Greek philosophy roughly began in the sixth century BCE and continued on up until ancient Greece became apart of the Roman Empire. The great Greek philosophers of the time, like Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle

Can Virtues be Taught? Protagoras is a famous Greek wise man. He is known is the wisest man and he is from Abider. Protagoras was a sophist who moves from a city to another and give lessons. Young men liked him and wanted to be his students; however the Greek families did not like him because they think that he takes their sons from them and teaches them things that might not be compatible with the families' traditions in the ancient Greece. Socrates meets Protagoras when his friend Hippocrates

Socrates and Protagoras on Virtue This paper will be examining Plato’s dialogue Protagoras. Specifically, it will provide insight into Socrates’ reasons for challenging the view that virtue can be taught. Protagoras’ reply in his great speech will also be deliberated. Finally, there will also be a discussion based on these differing perspectives. Firstly, it is important to understand that Socrates was not merely arguing for virtue as being something that was not able to be taught. Socrates instead

Phillips !1 Miki Phillips PHIL1050 November 19th, 2016 A Review of Protagoras’ Epistemology in the Theaetetus Plato’s Theaetetus is the transcription of a dialogue between Socrates and a philosophical prodigy: the 15 year old Theaetetus. Socrates, on the eve of his trial and eventual execution, talks with Theaetetus after being told of their resemblance by mathematician Theodorus of Cyrene. Socrates’ purpose in the dialogue becomes a discussion of epistemology, or the theory of knowledge and how

theorists, Pericles, Socrates, Protagoras, and Machiavelli have very good points on authority and obligation, democracy, and freedom. Though the same concept, each has their own view on how society and government should approach it. When it comes to authority and obligation, Pericles and Protagoras have very similar viewpoints. Pericles looks at this concept that authority should be with the many and that it is the duty of its people to bring children and multiply, and Protagoras believes that

from the likes of Protagoras, a self admitted sophist. In Protagoras, Socrates is depicted as a street smart, wisdom dispensing young man, brash with confidence and a bit of arrogance that goes a long way when confronted with the old school rhetoric of Protagoras. Plato begins to separate the two at the hip right from the get go. The dialogue between Socrates and his inquisitive friend Hippocrates went a long way to show that Socrates had more questions than answers about Protagoras, the sophist, especially

In Plato’s Protagoras, the sophist Protagoras defends his philosophy of teaching excellence from Socrates. Initially, Socrates states that the Athenians are wise, therefore they’re wise enough to run a government. With his trust in the Athenians, he proposes that virtue cannot be taught. Protagoras however, argues that the five parts of excellence can be taught. I will argue that Socrates does not believe in all the premises he puts forth, and that this reflects his opinion on the sophists, particularly

Protagoras is one of the leading Sophists and is most famous for the saying “Man is the measure of all things; of those that are, that they are, of those that are not, that they are not.” His statement claims that all truths are relative to the individual who hold them and that there is no absolute truth. Judgements and truths change from one person to another as the environment, the norms, and the culture change. According to Protagoras, even morality is relative and the truth of moral judgments

In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato relays to his audience a debate between the philosopher Socrates and the renowned sophist Protagoras. Throughout the course of their interaction, it becomes clear that the two men differ in more ways than simply their opinions on the topic at hand. Not only are philosophers and sophists inherently different in nature, but these differences are illuminated specifically when analyzing Socrates’s and Protagoras’s motives for entering their intellectual discussion. Moreover

In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato presented to his audience a debate between the wise philosopher Socrates and the renowned sophist Protagoras. Throughout the course of their interaction, it became clear that the two great thinkers differed in more ways than simply their opinions on the topic at hand. Not only were philosophers and sophists inherently different in nature, but these differences were specifically illuminated when analyzing Socrates’s and Protagoras’s motives for entering their intellectual