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Learn more about Bing search results hereOrganizing and summarizing search results for youProtagoras is often considered the most important of the sophistsand is known primarily for three claims. One of these claims is that one could not tell if the gods existed or not. The argument passed down from him on our inability to know of the existence or the nature of the gods is brief but powerful: Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be.2 Sources Protagoras - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sep 8, 2020 · His famous thesis according to which “man is the measure of all things” has been interpreted as a first stance in favour of relativism, and his claim on the gods introduces the problem of agnosticism.
Summary: The Philosophy of Protagoras | Reason and Meaning
Oct 25, 2019 · Protagoras, who in antiquity was often thought to be an atheist, is often considered the most important of the sophists. The argument passed down from him on our inability to …
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Even though he was mentored by Democritus, Protagoras did not share his enthusiasm for the pursuit of mathematics. "For perceptible lines are not the kind of things the geometer talks about, since no perceptible thing is straight or curved in that way, nor is a circle tangent to a ruler at a point, but the way Protagoras used to say in refuting the geometers" (Aristotle, Metaphysics 997…
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Protagoras - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Protagoras is known primarily for three claims (1) that man is the measure of all things (which is often interpreted as a sort of radical relativism) (2) that he could make the “worse (or weaker) …
Protagoras Of Abdera And His Agnostic Beliefs That Led To …
Feb 12, 2025 · According to the Roman statesman, orator, and author, Cicero (106-43 BCE), Protagoras prefaced a treatise, called On the gods, with the statement: “I cannot say whether …
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Aug 15, 2019 · Protagoras, who in antiquity was often thought to be an atheist, is often considered the most important of the sophists. The argument passed down from him on our …
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In his lost work "On the Gods", Protagoras wrote: "Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be, because of the obscurity of the subject, and the brevity of human life".
Protagoras, by Plato - Project Gutenberg
Nov 3, 2008 · There is quite as much truth on the side of Protagoras as of Socrates; but the truth of Protagoras is based on common sense and common maxims of morality, while that of …
Protagoras - PhilosophyStudent.org
Dec 2, 2023 · Ascribed to him is the ultimate agnostic position, reportedly articulated in a lost work titled On the Gods: “Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not, nor of what sort they may be, …
Protagoras | Sophist, Rhetorician, Atheist | Britannica
Though he adopted conventional moral ideas, Protagoras expressed his agnostic attitude toward belief in the gods in Concerning the Gods. According to ancient tradition, he was accused of …
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