Protagoras
quoted 5 times by 4 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Protagoras the figure
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On the Nature of the Gods Cicero, Marcus Tullius 2 neutral 2 citations
The passage reports what Protagoras declared regarding his uncertainty about the gods.
Nor does Protagoras, who says he has nothing clear to declare about the gods, whether they exist, do not exist, or what they are like, seem to have any conjecture about the nature of the gods.
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Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle 1 neutral 1 citation
Corresponds to the citation of Protagoras; reports his characteristic practice/instruction as quoted content.
when he gave lessons in any subject, he used to tell his pupil to estimate the value he set upon his knowledge, and accepted a fee of that amount.
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Helen Isocrates 1 refuted 1 citation
Matches the citation of Protagoras's rhetorical compositions named in p-2ad8de.
but as it is, who is so backward in learning as not to know that Protagoras and the sophists of his time have left to us compositions of similar character and even far more overwrought than these?
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Letters to Lucilius Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 refuted 1 citation
Directly attributed to Protagoras with 'says' and later explicitly rejected by Seneca
Protagoras says that on every matter one can argue on either side with equal force, and on this very point, whether every matter is debatable on either side.
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