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Plato's The Theaetetus Man is the Measure of All Things, of the Things That Are, That They Are, and of the Things That Are Not, That They are Not. ******** Each and Every Event is For Me as it Appears for Me and For You as it Appears for You In this paper I will examine the discussions between Socrates and Theaetetus concerning Protagoras' proposal that "man is the measure of all things, of the things that are, that they are, and of the things that are not, that they are not" and it's tie to the proposition that "every event is for me as it appears to me and for you as it appears for you." To this end, I will summarize the various arguments that Socrates and Theaetetus pose against the Protagorian proposal and their eventual rejection of it. I will offer several responses one might make to defend Protagoras' position and finally support my...

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