 | George Willis Botsford - Greece - 1922 - 568 pages
...is prudence in affairs private as well as public; he will learn to order his own house in the best manner, and he will be able to speak and act for the best in the affairs of the state." 10 Theory of knowledge held by Protagoras. The speculations of philosophers had led many to doubt the... | |
 | Education - 1914 - 722 pages
...fundamental? Must they not agree lest the youth of Athens become corrupt? "Do I understand you, Protagoras, and is your meaning that you teach the art of politics,...Socrates, is exactly the profession which I make. But, Protagoras, the best and wisest of our citizens are unable to impart their political wisdom to... | |
 | Paul Monroe - Education - 1912 - 738 pages
...this is prudence in affairs private as well as public; he will learn to order his house in the best manner, and he will be able to speak and act for the...the art of politics, and that you promise to make good citizens? ' ' That, Socrates, is exactly the profession which I make.' " But perhaps it was rhetoric,... | |
 | Frederick Ferre, Frederick Ferré - Philosophy - 1998 - 416 pages
...is prudence in affairs private as well as public; he will learn to order his own house in the best manner, and he will be able to speak and act for the best in the affairs of the state" (Plato 1937a: 318d). Perhaps guided by his itinerant experience, Protagoras generalized a doctrine... | |
 | Lloyd Milton Short, Carl W. Tiller - Political Science - 1942 - 393 pages
...Benjamin Jowett (in The Works of Plato, p. 149), I find a different translation, as follows: "[Socrates]. Do I understand you, I said; and is your meaning that...politics, and that you promise to make men good citizens? "[Protagoras]. That, Socrates, is exactly the profession which I make. "[Socrates]. Then, I said, you... | |
 | James A. Colaiaco - History - 2001 - 282 pages
...man "prudence in affairs private as well as public; he will learn to order his own house in the best manner, and he will be able to speak and act for the best in the affairs of the state."" The prospect of attaining goals like these led young Athenians to believe that an education at the... | |
 | George T. Menake - Philosophy - 2004 - 454 pages
...is prudence in affairs private as well as public; he will learn to order his own house in the best manner, and he will be able to speak and act for the best in the affairs of the state.50 Of course, for Socrates arete had to do with bringing about the betterment of one's soul via... | |
 | Earl Shorris - Christianity and politics - 2007 - 396 pages
...corrupting pursuit. Plato leveled the following accusation against Protagoras. "Do I understand you . . . and is your meaning that you teach the art of politics, and that you promise to make men good citizens?" Protagoras replies: "That ... is exactly the profession which I make."" Bernard Knox, who has a marvelous,... | |
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Hippias as he said this); but if he comes to me, he will learn that which he comes to learn. And this is prudence in affairs private as well as public; he will learn to order his own house in the best manner, and he will be able to speak and act for the... 
