Protagoras i Gorgiasz we współczesnych mass mediach
Protagoras and Gorgias in Contemporary Mass Media

Summary/Abstract: Until not so long Sophists' methods were very popular among young people, particularly the ones regarding moral life. Protagoras did not directly advocate for objective truth, for the good or evil, for justice and injustice. He only taught methods for winning disputes with the argument one was concerned about. The content of the statement itself was of no importance; argument's victory was the ultimate goal. Even the weaskest, unlikelely or simply untrue argument in the discussion can win given that the proper technique and skills in use of words are applied. Along human civilization development, this word-use technique and verbal dexterity have assumed different forms. First and foremost they have served the purpose of relativism in human thinking and acting. Man was gripped with nihilism to a lesser extent; Gorgias was a representative of nihilism. Negation of any truth, radical separation of thoughts, words and being has been present in every era and has had its small-scale representation. The Sophists' views have weakened and still weaken the importance of truth in human life. And only the truth, as the contemporary philosopher Karol Wojtyła says constitutes humanity and every human being's dignity.

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