Protagoras

gods exist form obscurity subject shortness life agnosticism

“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.”

― Protagoras (490-420BC)

man measure things are not

“Man is the measure of all things of things that are, that they are, of things are not, that they are not”

― Protagoras (490-420BC)

man measure things reality unreality

"Man is the measure of all things, of the reality of those which are, and of the unreality of those which are not."

― Protagoras (490-420BC)

prevent knowledge obscurity subject shortness human life

"Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life"

― Protagoras (490-420BC)

two sides question

"There are two sides to every question."

― Protagoras (490-420BC)

intelligbe principles matter phenomenon sum seeming person

"There are intelligible principles inherent in the matter of every phenomenon; because matter is essentially the sum of all the seemings that it has for any and all persons."

― Protagoras (490-420BC)