Plato, Theaetetus, section 161c

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Socrates
In general I like his doctrine that what appears to each one is to him, but I am amazed by the beginning of his book. I don't see why he does not say in the beginning of his Truth¹ that a pig or a dog-faced baboon or some still stranger creature of those that have sensations is the measure of all things. Then he might have begun to speak to us very imposingly and condescendingly, showing that while we were honoring him like a god for his wisdom, he was after all no better in intellect than any other man,

1 Truthwas apparently the title, or part of the title, of Protagoras's book.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER IX
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, Continuity and Change in Athenian Social and Intellectual History
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (5):
- LSJ, ἀλήθ-εια
- LSJ, ἵνα
- LSJ, καταφρον-ητικός
- LSJ, κυ^νο-κέφα^λος
- LSJ, θαυμ-άζω

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