Protagoras Quotes

#1. Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not. ~ Protagoras

Plato

#2. My opinion is: Truth must be absolute and that you Mr. Protagoras, are absolutely in error. Since this is indeed my opinion, then you must concede that it is true according to your philosophy.

Plato

#3. Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.

Diogenes

#4. Protagoras did not know if the gods exist, but he held in any case they ought to be worshiped. Philosophy, according to him, had nothing edifying to teach, and for the survival of morals we must rely upon the thoughtlessness of the majority and their willingness to believe what they had been taught.

Bertrand Russell

#5. The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all.

Protagoras

#6. My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain.

James Bay

#7. Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.

Protagoras

#8. As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like.

Protagoras

#9. We'll let the B and E slide," Quirk said. "But corpses keep showing up in your area, we might cite you for littering.

Robert B. Parker

#10. Damn him, damn him, damn him.

Megan Whalen Turner

#11. There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.

Miguel De Cervantes

#12. Man's drive for self-expression, which over the centuries has built his monuments, does not stay within its bounds; the creations which yesterday were detested and the obscene become the classics of today.

Mathew Tobriner

#13. I can't be a pessimist, because I am alive.

James A. Baldwin

#14. No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.

Protagoras

#15. Man is the measure of all things

Protagoras

#16. Concerning the gods I cannot know either that they exist or that they do not exist, or what form they might have, for there is much to prevent one's knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the shortness of man's life.

Protagoras

#17. There are intelligible principles inherent in the matter of every phenomenon; because matter is essentially the sum of all the seemings that it has for any and all persons.

Protagoras

#18. I am hungry for something to do, somewhere to go.

Cecelia Ahern

#19. Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist, nor what sort of form they may have; there are many reasons why knowledge on this subject is not possible, owing to the lack of evidence and the shortness of human life.

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#20. Time must be converted into product

Sunday Adelaja

#21. About the gods I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist or what they are to look at. Many things prevent my knowing. Among others, the fact that they are never seen.

Protagoras

#22. When it comes to consideration of how to do well in running the city, which must proceed entirely through justice and soundness of mind.

Protagoras

#23. Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life

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