Protagoras by Plato

"Protagoras" by Plato is a dialogue written in ancient Greece. Socrates engages the renowned sophist Protagoras in a spirited philosophical debate at the lavish home of Callias. Their central contest: Can virtue be taught? As young Athenians and fellow sophists gather to witness the exchange, the two thinkers clash over the nature of goodness, the unity of virtue, and the relationship between pleasure and moral excellence. This lively encounter reveals fundamental questions about education, wisdom, and what it means to live well. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE
Translator Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893
Title Protagoras
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagoras_(dialogue)
Credits Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 70.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject Classical literature
Subject Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC
Subject Virtue -- Early works to 1800
Subject Sophists (Greek philosophy)
Subject Protagoras
Category Text
EBook-No. 1591
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 16, 2013
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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