Introduction : pluralism and the Greeks -- Pluralism and Protagoras : the plurality of truth -- Plato's Protagoras : the plurality of value in the sophistic age -- Pluralism and history -- Pluralism in the Histories -- Pluralism and tragedy -- Ajax : moral certainty -- Antigone and Electra : moral conflict -- Philoctetes : moral complexity
Summary
In this study of the relationship between a modern philosophical idea and an ancient historical moment, Lauren Apfel explores how the notion of pluralism, made famous by Isaiah Berlin, features in the classical Greek world and, more specifically, in the thought of three of its most prominent figures: Protagoras, Herodotus, and Sophocles
