Protagoras, Plato
Protagoras, Plato
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Protagoras
A Dialogue on Virtue, Sophistry, and Education – Wisdom Versus Reputation in Ancient Greece

Author: Plato, Tim Zengerink

Narrator: Zeek Ring

Unabridged: 2 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2025

Synopsis

What if public wisdom was only a performance?In Protagoras, Plato stages an epic confrontation between two forces: Socratic philosophy and Sophistic reputation. At the heart of this dramatic dialogue is a question that echoes through the centuries—can virtue be taught, or is it just a clever performance by those who claim to know?With dazzling speeches, sly irony, and relentless questioning, this modern audiobook adaptation brings to life one of Plato’s most dynamic texts.What you’ll discover inside:• A powerful intellectual showdown between Socrates and the famed sophist Protagoras• Insight into the tension between rhetoric, education, and genuine wisdom• Philosophical inquiry into whether virtue is teachable—or even definable• A vivid, flowing modern translation designed to entertain as well as challengeWhether you're a teacher, student, or truth-seeker, Protagoras will leave you questioning the difference between knowledge and applause.

About Plato

Plato (427-347 B.C.) was a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer, and student of Socrates. Most of his works, which form some of the core foundations of Western philosophy, are written in the form of dialogues, in which Socrates often figures prominently. His best-known writings include the Republic, the Apology, the Symposium, Crito, and Statesman. Plato's work addresses such diverse themes as the nature of love, human knowledge and understanding, and the ideal form of government.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on July 30, 2014

Celebrity Death Match Special: Plato versus Isaac Asimov [A street in Athens. Late evening. SOCRATES and R. DANEEL OLIVAW] OLIVAW: Greetings. SOCRATES: Are you a demon? A messenger of the Gods? A-- OLIVAW: I am a robot from the future. There are some things I need to understand better. People say you ma......more

Goodreads review by Roy on June 15, 2018

But you cannot buy the wares of knowledge and carry them away in another vessel; when you have paid for them you must receive them into the soul and go your way, either greatly harmed or greatly benefited In style the Protagoras is intermediate between the questioning Socrates of the early dialog......more

Goodreads review by Nikola on March 01, 2024

"Mnogo je veća opasnost kupovati znanje nego hranu." Ovo je dijalog o obrazovanju, i po temi meni jedan od najdražih. Ipak... Najpre moram sa žaljenjem da zaključim da su 2500 godina kasnije, pobedili sofisti a da je Sokrat izgubio. I drugo, sam tekst Protagore mi nije legao koliko neka druga Platon......more

Goodreads review by Duffy on January 11, 2014

This is maybe the only dialogue I've read which was actually a dialogue. So often, a Platonic dialogue consists of little more than Socrates asking a series of questions, some of them lasting for a page or more, and then his interlocutor giving a one to three word answer. Here, Protagoras stands up......more

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