Man is the measure of all things, of things that are that they are, and of things that are not that they are not.
ProtagorasAbout the gods I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist or what they are to look at. Many things prevent my knowing. Among others, the fact that they are never seen.
ProtagorasMany things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life
ProtagorasThere are intelligible principles inherent in the matter of every phenomenon; because matter is essentially the sum of all the seemings that it has for any and all persons.
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