Protagoras
What was Protagoras' famous claim
Man is the measure of all things, of things that are, that they are, of things that are not, that they are not.
In his Eleatic work, what is the first claim he makes?
Nothing exists
What is Euthyphro's first definition of piety?
What I am doing now, prosecuting my father for murder
What was Protagoras' second most famous saying?
There are two arguments on any topic
In his Eleatic work, what is the second claim he makes?
Even if something exists, we cannot comprehend it.
What is Euthyphro's second definition of piety?
What all the gods love.
Protagoras is often pointed to as the origin of the belief that there is no universal truth but only person dependent truth, what is this belief called?
relativism
In his Eleatic work, what is the third claim he makes?
Even if something exists and we can know it, we cannot communicate it to each other
What is Euthyphro's third definition of piety?
That part of justice concerned with care of the gods
Which atomist tried to show that Progtagoras' claim was self-refuting?
Democritus
In his Encomium of Helen, what are the four options for what caused Helen to leave Greece?
Divine intervention, force, persuasion, love
Why is Socrates unhappy with the first two definitions Euthyphro provides?
They do not describe what is at the core of all examples of piety. They do not allow Socrates to determine if other examples are pious or not.
Sophists are sometimes understood as having introduced the distinction between nature and law/custom, what Greek words correspond to this distinction?
phusis = nature
nomos = law or custom
What, unlike other Sophists, did Gorgias not claim to teach?
virtue/ arete
What do you think Plato wants us to learn from the Euthyphro?
???