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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