This work includes a lengthy discussion of a poem addressed to Scopas that criticizes Pittacus, which begins "for a man to become good truly is hard," which was written by Simonides, who is from the same town as Prodicus. It begins with a discussion in which Hippocrates wonders whether one can pay money to become wise, and ends with the title figure curtailing the discussion by claiming he has an appointment to keep and stayed as a favor to Callias. For 10 points, name this Socratic dialogue that considers whether virtu
This work includes a lengthy discussion of a poem addressed to Scopas that criticizes Pittacus, which begins "for a man to become good truly is hard," which was written by Simonides, who is from the same town as Prodicus. It begins with a discussion in which Hippocrates wonders whether one can pay money to become wise, and ends with the title figure curtailing the discussion by claiming he has an appointment to keep and stayed as a favor to Callias. For 10 points, name this Socratic dialogue that considers whether virtue can be taught, in which Socrates argues with a sophist who claims "man is the measure of all things."
This work includes a lengthy discussion of a poem addressed to Scopas that criticizes Pittacus, which begins "for a man to become good truly is hard," which was written by Simonides, who is from the same town as Prodicus.
{Protagoras}