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Protagoras
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“Πάντων χρημάτων μέτρον ἄνθρωπον εἶναι, τῶν μὲν ὄντων, ὡς ἔστι, τῶν δὲ μὴ ὄντων, ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν.”
Protagoras (490–420 BC) said by 420 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Plato, Theaetetus, sec. 152a. Translated by John Stuart Mill, "Plato", in the Edinburgh Review (April 1866)
“Δύο λόγους εἶναι περὶ παντὸς πράγματος.”
Protagoras (490–420 BC) said by 420 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, b. 9, sec. 51. Translated by R. D. Hicks, Diogenes Laertius, vol. 2 (1925) p. 463. Similar "proverbial sayings" quoted by George Huntingford, Twelve Discourses…
“Περὶ μὲν θεῶν οὐκ ἔχω εἰδέναι οὔθ᾽ ὡς εἰσίν, οὔθ᾽ ὡς οὐκ εἰσίν· πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ κωλύοντα εἰδέναι, ἥ τ᾿ ἀδηλότης καὶ βραχὺς ὢν ὁ βίος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.”
Protagoras (490–420 BC) said by 420 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, b. 9, sec. 51. Translated by R. D. Hicks, vol. 2 (1925) p. 465. Diogenes adds: "For this introduction to his book the Athenians expelled him; and they burnt hi…
“When they [the Athenians] meet for a consultation on civic art, where they should be guided throughout by justice and good sense, they naturally allow advice from everybody, since it is held that everyone should partake of this excellence, or else that states cannot be.”
Protagoras (490–420 BC) said by 420 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Plato, Protagoras, sec. 322d–e. Translated by W. R. M. Lamb, Plato, vol. 4 (1924) p. 135
“You, Socrates, began by saying that virtue can't be taught, and now you are insisting on the opposite, trying to show that all things are knowledge, justice, soundness of mind, even courage, from which it would follow that virtue most certainly can be taught.”
Protagoras (490–420 BC) said by 420 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Plato, Protagoras, sec. 361a–b. Translated by C. C. W. Taylor, Plato: 'Protagoras' (Oxford, 1976) p. 56