Bibliograph

Protagoras, Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by C.C.W. Taylor

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Protagoras, Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by C.C.W. Taylor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Protagoras

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

317473201

Responsibility statement

Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by C.C.W. Taylor

Series statement

Oxford world's classics

Summary

In the fifth century BC professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in public and private life. In this dialogue Plato shows the pretensions of the leading sophist, Protagoras, challenged by the critical arguments of Socrates. From criticism of the educational aims and methods of the sophists the dialogue broadens out to consider the nature of the good life, and the role of pleasure and intellect in the context of that life. -- from publisher description

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