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- Instance of
- Platonic dialogue
- Named after
- Protagoras
- Author
- Plato
- Genre
- Socratic dialogue
- Series
- Platonic dialogue
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- Protagoras beginning. Clarke Plato.jpg
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- language of work or name
- Ancient Greek
- title
- Πρωταγόρας
- characters
- Socrates
- Commons category
- Protagoras (dialogue)
- different from
- Protagoras
- entry in abbreviations table
- Plat. Prot.
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Encyclopedic overview
Protagoras (/proʊˈtæɡərəs, -æs/ proh-TAG-ər-əs, -ass; Ancient Greek: Πρωταγόρας) is a dialogue by Plato. The traditional subtitle (which may or may not be Plato's) is "or the Sophists". The main argument is between Socrates and the elderly Protagoras, a celebrated sophist and philosopher. The discussion takes place at the home of Callias, who is host to Protagoras while he is in town. The philosophical issues raised in the Protagoras include the unity and the teachability of virtue, and the relationship between pleasure and goodness.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Protagoras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.