Protagoras of Abdera : the man, his measure / / edited by Johannes M. van Ophuijsen, Marlein van Raalte, Peter Stork.

• Superior document: Philosophia Antiqua : a Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy ; Volume 134
• TeilnehmendeR: Ophuijsen, J. M. van, 1953-; Raalte, Marlein van, 1952-; Stork, Peter.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophia antiqua ; v. 134.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Front Matter /; Introduction: Protagoras of Abdera: amicus homo magis amica veritas? /; A Protagonist of the Sophistic Movement? Protagoras in Historiography /; Made to Measure: Protagoras’ metron /; Τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν: Aristotle, Plato, and the ἐπάγγελμα of Protagoras /; The Most Correct Account: Protagoras on Language /; L’efficacité en politique selon le Protagoras de Platon /; Fangs, Feathers, and Fairness: Protagoras on the Origins of Right and Wrong /; Protagoras’ Myth in Plato’s Protagoras: Fiction or Testimony? /; Euboulia as the Skill Protagoras Taught /; Privatising Perception: Plato’s Protagoreanism (Theaetetus 154 B–157 C) /; Perceptual Relativism and Change in the Secret Doctrine in Plato’s Theaetetus 152–160 /; Protagoras Through Plato and Aristotle: A Case for the Philosophical Significance of Ancient Relativism /; Bibliography /; Indexes /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004251243
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Johannes M. van Ophuijsen, Marlein van Raalte, Peter Stork.

Protagoras of Abdera, Socrates’ older contemporary, is regarded as one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called sophistic movement. Instead of simply accepting the biased reports given by Plato and Aristotle about this sophist, the contributors to this volume review the complicated doxographical situation and make a case for Protagoras as a philosopher in his own right. Two major themes of this volume are Protagoras’ relativism and his case for a moral and political ideal, both of which are contrasted with the metaphysical idealism of his future opponents in the Academy and the mundane conventionalism typically associated with the sophists. It turns out that rather than a parasitic force of intellectual subversion, Protagoras may have been a prolific and original thinker aiming at a coherent and comprehensive view of man’s place in the world.