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Progressus ad Infinitum? : A Theme in the Protagoras German, Andy 2022 Ancient Philosophy , Vol. 42 , Issue 1 , S. 49 ff. ( Zeitschrift ) Englisch 0740-2007 | 2154-4689 10.5840/ancientphil20224219 Abstract
In this paper, I argue that in the “Great Speech” of the Protagoras, Plato investigates the consequences of a view of history as progress away from nature, as expressed in Protagoras’ account of humanity’s origin and development. Socrates’ hedonistic calculus, in the dialogue’s second half, confronts Protagoras with the full implications of his view - showing how, absent a doctrine of natural human perfections, progress necessarily devours its own tail.
SchlagwörterAncient Philosophy | History of Philosophy
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