Dialogues · Character
Protagoras
The celebrated sophist whose fee buys instruction in virtue itself, forcing Socrates to ask what exactly a soul pays for when it hires a teacher.
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Also known as the old Protagoras, O Protagoras
First appearance: Protagoras
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The renowned sophist who defends his profession and engages in a dialectical exchange with Socrates.
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Protagoras is the visiting celebrity of the dialogue that bears his name, a famous teacher from Abdera whose reputation draws Hippocrates to wake Socrates before dawn. He sells wisdom, and the tension is whether virtue…
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