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Protagoras (dialogue)
Overview
Protagoras ( 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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Philosophers who discussed Protagoras (dialogue)
- Marsilio Ficino
- Plato
- Protagoras
- Socrates
- Charmides (dialogue)
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Prodicus
- Pittacus of Mytilene
Related ideas
- Socratic dialogue
- Athena
- Argument
- Homer
- Philosophy
- Hesiod
- Dialogue
- Teaching
- Plato
- Prometheus
- Protagoras
- Symposium (Plato)
- Socrates
- Pericles
- Thought experiment
- Sophist
- Socratic method
- Virtue
- Theaetetus (dialogue)
- Alcibiades
- Pittacus of Mytilene
- Callias III
- Phaedrus (Athenian)
Place in the tradition
Part of Socrates.