• The Protagoras: How To See What Isn’t Said

  

  Read superficially, the Protagoras doesn’t appear to tell us much of any use that isn’t told better elsewhere – unlike the Meno, which has some more memorable features – so if you’re teaching (or learning) an introductory course on Plato, you might be inclined to skip this one altogether. That would be a shame, because it’s another excellent example of Plato’s ‘writing with layered intentions’; and if you can uncover the meaning in the Protagoras, you will be well-equipped to discover more meaning in the other Platonic dialogues. […]

  drtobybetenson

  22nd Oct 2023

  Philosophy

  Ethics, Hippias, Knowledge, Meno, Plato, Platonic Dialogue, Prodicus, Protagoras, Socrates, Sophistry, Sophists, Virtue, Wisdom

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