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Protagoras is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Protagoras in a sentence

Protagoras meaning

A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, who famously said "man is the measure of all things".

Using Protagoras

  • The main meaning on this page is: A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, who famously said "man is the measure of all things".
  • In the example corpus, protagoras often appears in combinations such as: of protagoras, protagoras is, that protagoras.

Context around Protagoras

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

citation 1× philodemus 1× hence 1× dialogue 1× democritus 1×

Often after:

dialogue 1× aroused 1× rejected 1× concedes 1× believed 1× interprets 1× says 1× prose 1×

Sentence patterns with Protagoras

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

agrees that protagoras concedes that 1× art and protagoras says on 1× attained citation protagoras rejected the 1× be however protagoras and prodicus 1× by democritus protagoras did not 1× hence protagoras believed that 1× in the protagoras 1× light in protagoras dialogue 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

abusing the orphan 1× according to diogenes 1× according to philodemus 1× as many modern 1× at the end 1× charmides and his 1×

Common sentence endings:

a mathematical prodigy 1× and political life 1× are correct 171a 1× his own ideas 1× idea 166a 168c 1× in protagoras dialogue 1×

Words around Protagoras

Just before it in the word index:

protagonists 319 protagonist 898 protactinium 47 prot 7 prosvetov 2 prosveta 2

Just after it in the word index:

protagorean 3 protalix 2 protams 2 protanomalous 3 protanomaly 2 protanope 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abattoirs 30 abike 30 ablative 30 absorber 30 accel 30 accelerometer 30

Corpus analysis for Protagoras

  • In this selection, "protagoras" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, citation, philodemus, hence, dialogue, aroused and rejected stand out and add context to how "protagoras" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include agrees that protagoras concedes that and art and protagoras says on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "protagoras" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with protagoras

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Protagoras, fr.4, from On the Gods, tr. (8 words)

Charmides and his guardian Critias are present for the discussion in the Protagoras. (13 words)

He agrees that Protagoras concedes that those who disagree with him are correct (171a). (14 words)

Longer example sentences

These texts depict the sophists in an unflattering light, and it is unclear how accurate or fair Plato's representation of them may be; however, Protagoras and Prodicus are portrayed in a largely positive light in Protagoras (dialogue). (38 words)

According to Diogenes Laërtius, the outspoken, agnostic position taken by Protagoras aroused anger, causing the Athenians to expel him from the city, and all copies of his book were collected and burned in the marketplace. (35 words)

Nonetheless, mathematics was considered to be by some a very viable form of art, and Protagoras says on the arts, "art (tekhnê) without practice and practice without art are nothing" (Stobaeus, Selections 3.29.80). (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Abusing the "orphan" of Protagoras Since Protagoras is dead, Socrates puts himself in the sophist's shoes and tries to do him the favor of defending his idea (166a-168c).

These texts depict the sophists in an unflattering light, and it is unclear how accurate or fair Plato's representation of them may be; however, Protagoras and Prodicus are portrayed in a largely positive light in Protagoras (dialogue).

According to Diogenes Laërtius, the outspoken, agnostic position taken by Protagoras aroused anger, causing the Athenians to expel him from the city, and all copies of his book were collected and burned in the marketplace.

According to him, certainty could never be attained. citation Protagoras rejected the conventional accounts of the gods.

According to Philodemus, Protagoras said that "The subject matter is unknowable and the terminology distasteful".

According to the philosophy of Protagoras, there is no absolute evaluation of the nature of a temperature because the evaluation will be relative to who is perceiving it.

As many modern thinkers will, Plato ascribes relativism to Protagoras and uses his predecessor's teachings as a foil for his own commitment to objective and transcendent realities and values.

At the end of his speech, Socrates admits to Theodorus that Protagoras would have done a far better job of defending his own ideas.

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Charmides and his guardian Critias are present for the discussion in the Protagoras.

Democritus realized that Protagoras had tied the load together with such perfect geometric accuracy that he must be a mathematical prodigy.

He agrees that Protagoras concedes that those who disagree with him are correct (171a).

Hence, Protagoras believed that the sophist was there to teach the student how to discriminate between them, i.e., to teach "virtue".

In his eponymous Platonic dialogue, Protagoras interprets a poem by Simonides, focusing on the use of words, their literal meaning, and the author's original intent.

Nonetheless, mathematics was considered to be by some a very viable form of art, and Protagoras says on the arts, "art (tekhnê) without practice and practice without art are nothing" (Stobaeus, Selections 3.29.80).

Plutarch, Life of Pericles Philosophy Even though he was mentored by Democritus, Protagoras did not share his enthusiasm for the pursuit of mathematics.

Protagoras also was known as a teacher who addressed subjects connected to virtue and political life.

Protagoras, fr.4, from On the Gods, tr.

Protagoras is credited with the philosophy of relativism, which he discusses in his work, Truth (also known as Refutations).

Protagoras' prose treatise about the gods began "Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be.

Protagoras was skeptical about the application of theoretical mathematics to the natural world; he did not believe they were really worth studying at all.

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Common combinations with protagoras

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "protagoras" in a sentence?
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