Protagoras by Plato audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

In Plato's Protagoras, a young and ambitious Athenian named Hippocrates rushes to Socrates with exciting news: the celebrated sophist Protagoras has arrived in town, and Hippocrates wants to become his student. Socrates agrees to accompany him, but only after pressing a hard question: what exactly will Hippocrates be learning, and will it truly make him better? At the house where Protagoras is staying, Socrates enters a crowded salon of famous thinkers and eager followers, and a public contest of ideas begins. The conversation turns to a bold promise at the center of sophistic education: can virtue be taught? Protagoras defends the practical art of forming capable citizens through instruction, culture, and argument, while Socrates probes definitions, exposes hidden assumptions, and tests whether the virtues are many separate qualities or one unified knowledge. Through lively speeches, sharp cross-examinations, and frequent shifts in strategy, the dialogue explores education, moral responsibility, rhetoric, and what it means to live well in a democratic city. The result is an intellectually dramatic encounter that challenges listeners to examine how persuasion, wisdom, and character truly connect.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:37:46) Chapter 02

(01:12:31) Chapter 03

(01:50:00) Chapter 04

(02:32:10) Chapter 05

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