Filósofo

Protagoras

486 BC - 420 BC

Protagoras

Protágoras (em grego clássico: Πρωταγόρας; Abdera, c. 490 a.C. — Sicília, c. 415 a.C.) foi um sofista da Grécia Antiga, célebre por cunhar a frase:"O homem é a medida de todas as coisas, das coisas que são, enquanto são, das coisas que não são, enquanto não são."Tendo como base para isso o pensamento de Heráclito, tal frase expressa bem o relativismo tanto dos sofistas em geral quanto o relativismo do próprio Protágoras. Se o homem é a medida de todas as coisas, então coisa alguma pode ser medida para os homens, ou seja, as leis, as regras, a cultura, tudo deve ser definido pelo conjunto de pessoas, e aquilo que vale em determinado lugar não deve valer, necessariamente, em outro. Leia mais na Wikipédia

His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2024). Protagoras is the 47th most popular filósofo (down from 46th in 2024), the 22nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Filósofo.

Protagoras is most famous for his saying "man is the measure of all things."

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Among Filósofos

Among filósofos, Protagoras ranks 47 out of 1,267. Before him are Rajneesh, Michel de Montaigne, Sun Tzu, Empedocles, Plutarch, and Anaximander. After him are David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Anaxagoras, John Amos Comenius, Swami Vivekananda, and Michel Foucault.

Others Born in 486 BC

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Protagoras
PHILOSOPHER
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 1

Others Deceased in 420 BC

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Protagoras
PHILOSOPHER
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 1
Callicrates
ARCHITECT
470 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 2
Archidamus II
POLITICIAN
450 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 3
Oenopides
ASTRONOMER
490 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Protagoras ranks 22 out of 1,024. Before him are Euripides (-480), Saint Stephen (1), Thucydides (-460), Aeschylus (-525), Bayezid II (1447), and Plutarch (46). After him are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), Sappho (-630), Phidias (-490), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), and Draco (-650).

Others born in Greece

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Euripides
WRITER
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 16
Saint Stephen
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1 - 36
HPI: 84.00
Rank: 17
Thucydides
HISTORIAN
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 18
Aeschylus
WRITER
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 83.66
Rank: 19
Bayezid II
POLITICIAN
1447 - 1512
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 20
Plutarch
PHILOSOPHER
46 - 127
HPI: 83.51
Rank: 21
Protagoras
PHILOSOPHER
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 22
Philip II of Macedon
POLITICIAN
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 23
Kösem Sultan
POLITICIAN
1590 - 1651
HPI: 83.07
Rank: 24
Sappho
WRITER
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 25
Phidias
SCULPTOR
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 82.85
Rank: 26
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
NOBLEMAN
1921 - 2021
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 27
Draco
PUBLIC WORKER
650 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 28