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Protagoras stated: "man is the measure of all things" do u agree? why?

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by maddock on October 29th, 2008
I think this is actually meant as a challenge to duality, that is, he is stating that there is no difference between object and subject since all things are processed subjectively by the observer (man). In this case, the only possible measure of anything is the man.
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