Human philosophy

Protagoras of Abdera(490 b.Ch-411b.Ch) has been a Greek philosopher of school of Sophists, and he has considered measure to everything the man, and this is exasperation of Socratic human period, this is research of philosopher now isn’t to nature but man, and Socrates is period of human of philosophy, Protagoras is extreme think of this think, he is contemporary of Socrates, born some years before, and this search about humankind isn’t case is a construction about man that defines human period; certainly Protagoras has very exaggerated, because he think that human is measure, but these exasperations are frequent in Greek philosophy, because the followers of these philosopher has handed down some matters and they have exaggerated some concept, but from fragments of Protagoras has marked this concept, in some steps we can read:  “Of all things the measure is man”, today we can read alone fragments of Protagoras and we can consider his think about other, thereby we can’t consider his think about other. We  must consider that measure is a word that meanings a criterion, a way to judge of man, and it is over more Socratic concept, because Socrates has tried his pupils, although he didn’t so, to search their truth, thereby they become criterion of truth, of their truth, but they are human, and human is measure of all thing; this is he become criterion of truth, no certainly every truth but their truth; so Socrates too. I want point out that this way is Socratic, because during this time interest is man and his truth, Socrates search, with his “pupils”, their truth and Protagoras considers man, a way paroxysmal to consider judge of man a right measure or criterion, but we can think that this method could hasten dialogues about valid criterion or measure, therefore Socrates, we can think, has taught although he born after Protagoras; books of this philosopher are lost and we have fragments alone. I think that it is very little to sift philosophy of Protagoras, and this conception about measure is from fragments that are very poor to tell about think this philosopher, but his importance, for me, is consider human kind to measurer of everything, this is man is principle intellect of word; this is man, now, has importance very relevant despite of nature.  

Alessandro Lusana