Protagoras Quotes


There are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.


Context

Our word “protagonist” comes from his philosophy. This principle is at the hears of our adversarial legal system and out political system.


Citations

Protagoras, 490 BC – 420 BC, Greek Philosopher, Quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

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Protagoras (/prəʊˈtæɡəˌræs/; Greek: Πρωταγόρας; c. 490 BC – c. 420 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and rhetorical theorist. He is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato credits him with inventing the role of the professional sophist.