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Protagoras

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Gender Male
Born Abdera
Greece
DiedMiletus
InterestsRelativism
Agnosticism
Rhetoric
Ethics
Language
Semantics
Influenced Plato
Friedrich Nietzsche
Jeremy Bentham
F. C. S. Schiller
Philosophical eraPre-Socratic philosophy
Influenced by Parmenides
Democritus
Zeno of Elea
Job Philosopher
SchoolSophistic movement
Notabl idea'Sophist' as teacher for hire, man–measure doctrine
EraPre-Socratic philosophy
Sophism
Date of birth January 1,1033
Influences Parmenides
Democritus
Anaxagoras
Zeno of Elea
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and rhetorical theorist. He is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato credits him with inventing the role of the professional sophist.

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