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It was the mood of Protagoras, and of that Protagorean vein in Plato which is the height of ancient wisdom.

From Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets by Eastman, Max

The Protagorean Law of Relativity has regard to yet another relation, the relation of knowledge to the knowing mind: these other logical laws are of relations among the various items of knowledge.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

This is in agreement with the Protagorean doctrine that man is the measure of all things.

From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.

Proudhon, who represented the Protagorean school among us, humoring his whim, produced a work on art.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

And lastly, the age has produced its own Protagorean philosophy, which it calls pragmatism.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)