He ridiculed the philosophic speculations of Socrates and Plato about what was the "real" world, yet he wrote a book, On the Gods, which questioned the gods' existence.
When Athens founded a colony at Thurii, this man was given the task of drawing up its laws. He professed to teach arete, honor or nobility, which his contemporaries called the simple technique of successful living. He ridiculed the philosophic speculations of Socrates and Plato about what was the "real" world, yet he wrote a book, On the Gods, which questioned the gods' existence. His books were burned and he would be expelled from Athens despite his friendship with Pericles. FTP, what man, considered the first Sophist, is best remembered for his motto "Man is the measure of all things?"
When Athens founded a colony at Thurii, this man was given the task of drawing up its laws.
Protagoras