Although he adopted the moral conventions of Athenian society, because he expressed his agnosticism in Conventions of the Gods, he had his books publicly burned in Athens and was exiled.
He is the subject of a Platonic dialogue in which he visits Athens from his hometown of Abdera and expresses his opinion that in a democracy anyone can learn to be a statesman. Although he adopted the moral conventions of Athenian society, because he expressed his agnosticism in Conventions of the Gods, he had his books publicly burned in Athens and was exiled. Best known for his dictum, "Man is the measure of all things," FTP, identify this thinker, the first and greatest of the Sophists.
He is the subject of a Platonic dialogue in which he visits Athens from his hometown of Abdera and expresses his opinion that in a democracy anyone can learn to be a statesman.
{Protagoras}