Abstract

PEREIRA, Bianca Vilhena C.. The ánthropos of Protagoras: from singular to common. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2021, vol.35, n.75, pp.1537-1561.  Epub Jan 16, 2024. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.v35n75a2021-62366.

Based on Plato's Theaetetus, we seek to understand the dimension of the term ánthropos in the famous sentence of Protagoras. According to Platonic criticism, Protagoras seems to understand body and soul as different types of percipients: the bodily sensory organs perceive the immediate appearance of something that provokes sensitivity; the soul 'perceives' by having judgments admitted by learning and experience. The protagorical measure-man, from the theme of sensible reality, leads us to formulate the problem in terms of judgment and opinion, and the measure, which is initially attributed to each individual, in addition to each human being, is reputed to each city.

Keywords : Man-measure; Protagoras; Paideia; Democracy; Theaetetus.

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