Protagoras

Daniel Silvermintz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2015
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4725-1092-1 (ISBN)

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The presocratic philosopher Protagoras of Abdera (490–420 BC), founder of the sophistic movement, was famously agnostic towards the existence and nature of the gods, and was the proponent of the doctrine that ‘man is the measure of all things’. Still relevant to contemporary society, Protagoras is in many ways a precursor of the postmodern movement. In the brief fragments that survive, he lays the foundation for relativism, agnosticism, the significance of rhetoric, a pedagogy for critical thinking and a conception of the human being as a social construction.

This accessible introductory survey by Daniel Silvermintz covers Protagoras’ life, ideas and lasting legacy. Each chapter interprets one of the surviving fragments and draws connections with related ideas forwarded by other sophists, showing its relevance to an area of knowledge: epistemology, ethics, education and sociology.

Daniel Silvermintz is Associate Professor of Humanities at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Sources

1. From Humble Beginnings to Celebrated Teacher
2. Protagoras and Pericles
3. Protagoras’ Secret Teaching

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.12.2015
Reihe/Serie	Ancients in Action
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	212 x 136 mm
Gewicht	180 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-4725-1092-5 / 1472510925
ISBN-13	978-1-4725-1092-1 / 9781472510921
Zustand	Neuware