Man is the measure of all things', said the Sophist Protagora (c. 485-410 B.C.). By that he meant that the question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a person's needs.
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Jostein Gaarder
A PRIME TRUTH - MAN IS SELFISH(Name of chapter)
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William J. Federer
Suffering introduces a man to his soul.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
Why, you are a man of heart! "" Sometimes, " replied Phileas Fogg, quietly. "When I have the time.
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Jules Verne
Yes, yes, I see it all! – an enormous social activity, a mighty civilization, a profuseness of science, of art, of industry, of morality, and afterwords, when we have filled the world with industrial marvels, with great factories, with roads, museums and libraries, we shall...
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Miguel De Unamuno
More Quotes By Protagoras
Concerning the gods I cannot know either that they exist or that they do not exist, or what form they might have, for there is much to prevent one's knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the shortness of man's life.
Man is the measure of all things.
Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.