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Discuss the differences between Protagoras's relativism and Socrates's dialectic method in terms of what is assumed about the nature of Truth. Each philosopher has his own conception of what is the truth, and that conception drives his methodology. The link below is the lesson note https://ctc.blackboard.com/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_229588_1&content_id=_9778987_1 Username :c1059053 Password: 081784

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According to Protagoras, “man is the measure of all things,” this means that everything
seems good so long it is beneficial or good for something. On the hand, Socrates’ dialectic
method portrays a form of philosophical inquiries based on the function of knowledge and
education (Zilioli, 2016). In addition, Socrates uses three perspectives to measure knowledge,
and they include; temperance, courage, and justice. Therefore, according to Socrates, it’s the
knowledge a person has that brings together the structures and components to establish if
something is true. However, according to Protagoras philosophy of the nature of truth, his views
involve the early forms of relativism since he argues that morals are basically the social norms
and traditions adopted by a group or society (Shen, 2018). In addition, he says that following
local mores is crucial to living a happy and successful life. Therefore, this means that Protagoras
bases his concept of what is true by what society considers to be true.
Protagoras method of relativism presents a difference when compared to Socrates’
dialectic method. This is because the Protagoras method determines truth by asserting that “man
is a measure of all things”. The idea also rests on the reasoning that truth is a product of
individual biopsychology, experience, conditioning, and culture (Shen, 2018). On the other hand,
Socrates asserts that man is not the measure of everything but the knowledge or education that
structures and incorporates all forms of good and truth. This is because Socrates believed that the
body is not the real person but the psyche.

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References
Shen, Y. (2018). Arguing for the Truth: The Conflict of Truth and Rhetoric and its Ramifications
in Plato’s and Isocrates’ Educational Ideologies. Berkeley Undergraduate Journal of
Classics, 6(2).
Zilioli, U. (2016). Protagoras and the Challenge of Relativism: Plato's Subtlest Enemy.
Routledge.