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Metaphors Of Protagera

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“Protagoras of Abdera (c. 485-415 BCE) is considered the greatest of the Sophists of ancient Greece”. A sophist was a teacher who taught the young men of the upper class rhetoric, politics and literature. (Mark). Sophists, such as Protagoras, were very important in Greece because of the quasi-democratic state of poleis like Athens. The ability to convey one’s ideas to the majority and sway them to their opinion was very important (Great Philosophers: Protagoras). Protagoras was known for his claim “that he could make the ‘worse (or weaker) argument appear the better (or stronger)” (Poster). Sophists also held important roles because there were no professional lawyers in Greece. Instead, the defendant (or prosecutor) would have to hire a speechwriter
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