# Protagoras's Paradox — WHE Article Discussion

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**Created:** [January 18, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/protagorass-paradox-whe-article-discussion/16944 "2012-01-18T08:39:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/protagorass-paradox-whe-article-discussion/16944/1 "2012-01-18T08:39:40Z")

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The sophists in ancient Greece were a class of teachers who, for a fairly high fee, would instruct the affluent youth in politics, history, science, law, mathematics and rhetoric as well as the finer points of grammar and history. They professed to be able to make a young man suitable for political office and, of equal importance among the litigious Greeks of the time (especially in Athens) to be able to make a strong case, whether in prosecution or defense, in court.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/66/protagorass-paradox/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/66/protagorass-paradox/)._

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