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Protagoras was a male philosopher who worked within the fields of sophism and Pre-Socratic philosophy. He spoke and wrote in Ancient Greek and adhered to a worldview of agnosticism. His significant places included Teos and Ancient Abdera, which was also his place of birth. He authored three works, including *La parole de Protagoras*, *Dissoi Logoi - Textos Relativistas*, and *Protagora*.
Born in the 5th century BC, Protagoras died in 420 BCE in the Ionian Sea. The cause of his death was drowning. He is described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Pauly–Wissowa.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5th cent. BC
- Works
- 3
Top works
- La parole de Protagoras
- Dissoi Logoi - Textos Relativistas
- Protagora
- Protágoras de Abdera. Dissoi Logoi
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Key facts
- Philosopher.region
- Western philosophy
- Philosopher.era
- Pre-Socratic philosophy
- Philosopher.image
- 250px
- Philosopher.caption
- Protagoras by Jusepe de Ribera, 1637
- Philosopher.name
- Protagoras
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Abdera
- Philosopher.death_date
- (aged c. 70)
- Philosopher.school_tradition
- Sophism
- Philosopher.main_interests
- Language, semantics, rhetoric, agnosticism, ethics
- Philosopher.notable_ideas
- RelativismThe "man measure" thesis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Ancient Abdera
- Place of death
- Ionian Sea
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Religion
- agnosticism
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- Pre-Socratic philosophy
- Image
- Salvator Rosa - Démocrite et Protagoras.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0490-00-00
- date of death
- 0420-00-00
- Commons category
- Protagoras
- cause of death
- drowning
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- different from
- Protagoras
- P8168
- Forbidden Passions
- significant place
- Ancient Abdera
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Article · Italiano
Protagora (in greco antico: Πρωταγόρας, Prōtagóras; Abdera, 490 a.C. – mar Ionio, 415/411 a.C.) è stato un retore e filosofo greco antico, considerato il padre della sofistica. Platone lo annovera tra i sofisti attribuendogli, nel suo dialogo Protagora, il merito di aver introdotto il ruolo del sofista professionista. Si ritiene inoltre che Protagora abbia dato vita a una grande controversia durante i tempi antichi attraverso la sua affermazione che "L'uomo è la misura di tutte le cose", interpretata da Platone nel senso che non esiste una verità oggettiva. Qualunque cosa gli individui ritengano essere la verità è vera. Questo concetto di relatività individuale era atipico per l'epoca, in contrasto sia con l'opinione popolare che con altre dottrine filosofiche secondo cui la realtà e la sua verità dovevano avere un fondamento oggettivo.
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