In this work, the title character threatens to leave after he is told that his speeches are too long, whereupon Hippias offers his services as a moderator.
In this work, the title character threatens to leave after he is told that his speeches are too long, whereupon Hippias offers his services as a moderator. After going to the house of Callias, the title character explains his views in the form of an apologue, which describes how after Prometheus had given men the arts, Zeus is represented as sending Hermes to them, bearing with him Justice and Reverence. The title character's thesis is represented by a poem of Simonides of Ceos, which notes the sage's Pittacus' statement "Hard it is to become good." The title character views are also heavily discussed in the Theatetus, in that work Socrates claims that he holds that wind is cold to him who is cold, and not to him who is not. Introducing the notion that it is impossible to knowingly commit and evil act and setting out to show whether virtue can be taught, for 10 points, name this eponymous Socratic dialogue in which the titular sophist claims, "man is the measure of all things."
In this work, the title character threatens to leave after he is told that his speeches are too long, whereupon Hippias offers his services as a moderator.
{Protagoras}