Mark Davis wrote:
> The quotation I have is from my college Greek textbook (sadly my fluency has
> reduced to essentially zero after all these years).
>
> Perhaps some Greeks on the list could say which is the more accurate
> formulation?
>
> Mark
> —————
>
> πάντων μέτρον ἄνθρωπος — Πρωταγόρας
> [http://www.macchiato.com]
>
In "Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations" (Guinagh, 1965),
the following appears:
" Panton metron anthropos estin. Gk--Man is the measure of
all things. Quoted by Plato, Theaetetus, 178b. "
Best regards,
James Kass.
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