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'''Protagoras''' (c. 490 - c. 420 BC) was a [[Presocratic Philosophy|Presocratic]] [[Greek]] [[philosopher]]. According to [[Diogenes Laertius]] Protagoras studied with [[Democritus]].  
 
'''Protagoras''' (c. 490 - c. 420 BC) was a [[Presocratic Philosophy|Presocratic]] [[Greek]] [[philosopher]]. According to [[Diogenes Laertius]] Protagoras studied with [[Democritus]].  
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Diogenes Laertius' book ''Lives of the Philosophers'' is source for many early Greek philosophers including Protagoras; but this work was compiled over six hundred years after Protagoras' death and consequently not accurate. [[Plato]] also wrote about Protagoras, considering him a sophist; [[Aristotle]] regarded Protagoras as who first introduced a spiritual principle, as a sober man among the inebriated.   
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Diogenes Laertius' book ''Lives of the Philosophers'' is source for many early Greek philosophers including Protagoras; but this work was compiled over six hundred years after Protagoras' death and consequently not accurate. [[Plato]] also wrote about Protagoras, considering him a [[sophist]]; [[Aristotle]] regarded Protagoras as who first introduced a spiritual principle, as a sober man among the inebriated.   
    
Protagoras' doctrines can be divided into three groups:
 
Protagoras' doctrines can be divided into three groups:
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<center>''"Man is the measure of all things".''</center>
 
<center>''"Man is the measure of all things".''</center>
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Greek philosophers, Gorgias and Hippias were also [[Sophist]]s.  
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Greek philosophers, [[Gorgias]] and [[Hippias]] were also Sophists.  
    
== Protagoras (fragment) ==
 
== Protagoras (fragment) ==
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