Protagoras

Name: Protagoras
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Plato
ISBN: 9781787366305

Author: Plato

Narrator: George Easton

Unabridged: 2 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 03/18/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Synopsis

"Protagoras" is a dialogue by Plato, believed to have been written in the 4th century BCE. The dialogue centers around the character of Protagoras, a renowned sophist who claims to be able to teach virtue and excellence to others. Socrates, the main character and interlocutor in the dialogue, engages with Protagoras and his followers, challenging their ideas and methods. Throughout the dialogue, Protagoras and his followers argue that virtue can be taught and that all knowledge is relative to the individual. They use a variety of rhetorical techniques and arguments to defend their position, including the famous statement, "man is the measure of all things." Socrates, however, challenges their ideas, arguing that virtue cannot be taught and that there must be some objective standard of knowledge and truth. Read in English, unabridged.

About Plato

Plato (427-347 B.C.) was a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer, and student of Socrates. Most of his works, which form some of the core foundations of Western philosophy, are written in the form of dialogues, in which Socrates often figures prominently. His best-known writings include the Republic, the Apology, the Symposium, Crito, and Statesman. Plato's work addresses such diverse themes as the nature of love, human knowledge and understanding, and the ideal form of government.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny

Celebrity Death Match Special: Plato versus Isaac Asimov [A street in Athens. Late evening. SOCRATES and R. DANEEL OLIVAW] OLIVAW: Greetings. SOCRATES: Are you a demon? A messenger of the Gods? A-- OLIVAW: I am a robot from the future. There are some things I need to understand better. People say you ma......more

Goodreads review by Riku

“It makes no difference to me, provided you give the answers, whether it is your own opinion or not. I am primarily interested in testing the argument, although it may happen both that the questioner, myself, and my respondent wind up being tested.” *** “Well, then, do you say that ignorance is to......more

Goodreads review by Amir

امروز بر آن شدی که روح خود را به سوفیستی بسپاری تا آن را بپروراند. میدانی سوفیست کیست؟ اگر پاسخ این سوال را ندانی معلوم خواهد شد نمیدانی روح خود را به چگونه کسی می سپاری و روح تو را بدتر خواهد ساخت یا بهتر. .پروتاگوراس محاوره ای درباره تربیت است. در آغاز هیپوکراتس را می بینیم که با شوق زیادی نزد سقرا......more

Goodreads review by Roy

But you cannot buy the wares of knowledge and carry them away in another vessel; when you have paid for them you must receive them into the soul and go your way, either greatly harmed or greatly benefited In style the Protagoras is intermediate between the questioning Socrates of the early dialog......more