Protagoras of Abdera : the man, his measure / / 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 dox...

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Superior document:Philosophia Antiqua : a Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy ; Volume 134
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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.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter / Johannes M. van Ophuijsen , Marlein van Raalte and Peter Stork
  • Introduction: Protagoras of Abdera: amicus homo magis amica veritas? / Johannes van Ophuijsen
  • A Protagonist of the Sophistic Movement? Protagoras in Historiography / Noburu Notomi
  • Made to Measure: Protagoras’ metron / Tazuko A. van Berkel
  • Τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν: Aristotle, Plato, and the ἐπάγγελμα of Protagoras / Michele Corradi
  • The Most Correct Account: Protagoras on Language / Adriaan Rademaker
  • L’efficacité en politique selon le Protagoras de Platon / Paul Demont
  • Fangs, Feathers, and Fairness: Protagoras on the Origins of Right and Wrong / Adam Beresford
  • Protagoras’ Myth in Plato’s Protagoras: Fiction or Testimony? / Bernd Manuwald
  • Euboulia as the Skill Protagoras Taught / Paul Woodruff
  • Privatising Perception: Plato’s Protagoreanism (Theaetetus 154 B–157 C) / Arnaud Macé
  • Perceptual Relativism and Change in the Secret Doctrine in Plato’s Theaetetus 152–160 / Job van Eck
  • Protagoras Through Plato and Aristotle: A Case for the Philosophical Significance of Ancient Relativism / Ugo Zilioli
  • Bibliography / Johannes M. van Ophuijsen , Marlein van Raalte and Peter Stork
  • Indexes / Johannes M. van Ophuijsen , Marlein van Raalte and Peter Stork.