Protagoras
Protagoras
Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. In his dialogue, Protagoras, Plato credits him with having invented the role of the professional sophist...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
believe intelligent men
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.
art brought greek-philosopher repose saved showing soul truth
The art of measurement, by showing us the truth would have brought our soul into the repose of abiding by the truth, and so would have saved our life.