Epistemology after Protagoras: responses to relativism in Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus

New York: Oxford University Press (2005)
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Relativism was first formulated in Western philosophy by Protagoras in the fifth century BC. Protagoras is famous for his claim that 'man is the measure of all things'. Mi-Kyoung Lee examines this and the work of Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus"--Provided by publisher.

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Protagoras' Alētheia

Very little survives of Protagoras’ Alêtheia or ‘Truth’. It was almost certainly not a well-developed philosophical treatise on the nature of truth, but was a display-piece, meant to showcase Protagoras’ skill in argumentation—especially in arguing against philosophers like Parmenides. The... see more

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Mi-Kyoung Lee
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