Revisiting Protagoras’ Fr. DK B 1

• Zaborowski, Robert ^[1]
  1. [1] Institute of Philosophy

     Institute of Philosophy

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• Localización: Elenchos: Rivista di studi sul pensiero antico, ISSN 0392-7342, Vol. 38, Nº. 1-2, 2017, págs. 23-43
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The paper offers an analysis of Protagoras’ fr. DK 80 B 1 and rejects the traditional reading of Protagoras as relativist. By considering the ipsissima verba that Protagoras makes use of in his passage, it is argued that alternative interpretations are possible, of which epistemological reism and psychological individualism are proposed. On a more general level, it is discussed to what extent Protagoras’ fragment contains descriptive rather than normative claim.