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What did Protagoras mean when he said Man is the measure of all things?
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∙ 14y ago
Truth is a variable concept, ie, nothing is good on it's own, it's just our interpretation. Goodness and wikedness is relative; one tribe may burn their father's bodies, and another may eat them, and both would find the other's practice disturbing and wrong. Succinctly: Morality varies with culture, and it is man who decides what is right and wrong.
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∙ 14y ago
Protagoras meant that truth and reality are subjective and relative to each individual's perceptions and experiences. In other words, what one person considers true or real may not be the same for another person, so each person is the "measure" of their own reality.
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