Protagoras (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: Aristocles
- First Published: 1804
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Context
Plato’s Protagoras is a brilliant dialogue and a splendid piece of argumentation. It incorporates a picture of the Sophist and a glimpse of the cultured aristocrats of the Periclean Age, facts that cannot fail to interest anyone who has a desire to know more about the life of classical Greece.
Protagoras, along with three middle period (388-368 b.c.e.) dialogues, Politeia (Republic, 1701), Phaedōn (Phaedo, 1675), and Symposion (Symposium, 1701), represents the high point of Plato’s literary activity....
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