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Protagoras (Hardcover)
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Protagoras (Hardcover)
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Protagoras is a lively and often humorous look at virtue,
knowledge, and the best means of acquiring them. Ostensibly a
debate between Socrates and a sophist opponent over the education
of a young man, the dialogue also concerns the nature of the
contest itself. As told in retrospect by a somewhat frustrated
Socrates, he is asked by Hippocrates to broker an introduction to
Protagoras, a famous sophist with whom the young man wants to
study. Socrates then begins a public debate with Protagoras in
order to see what the sophist has to teach. The two men examine the
nature of virtue - whether it can be taught, and whether all
virtues are connected - but end up in conflict over their styles of
discourse. Plato contrasts the crowd-pleasing oratory of Protagoras
with the difficult and unglamorous questioning used by Socrates.
The multiple layers of conflict and discussion make Protagorus one
of Plato's most dramatically satisfying works, and an excellent
starting point for those new to his philosophy.
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