Protagoras and Logos brings together in a meaningful synthesis the contributions and rhetoric of the first and most famous of the Older Sophists, Protagoras of Abdera. This book reassesses the philosophical and pedagogical contributions of Protagoras.
Why a study of Protagoras? -- Interpreting ancient fragments -- Toward an understanding of sophistic theories of rhetoric -- The two-logoi fragment -- The ""stronger and weaker"" logoi fragment -- The ""human-measure"" fragment -- The ""impossible to contradict"" fragment -- Protagoras and fifth-century education -- Protagoras ""versus"" Plato and Aristotle -- Protagoras' legacy to rhetorical theory.