Editing Relativism (section)

====Ancient====

=====Sophism=====
[[Sophists]] are considered the founding fathers of relativism in [[Western philosophy]]. Elements of relativism emerged among the [[Sophist]]s in the 5th century [[Before Christ|BC]]. Notably, it was [[Protagoras]] who coined the phrase, "Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not." The thinking of the Sophists is mainly known through their opponent, [[Plato]]. In a paraphrase from Plato's dialogue ''[[Theaetetus (dialogue)|Theaetetus]]'', Protagoras said: "What is true for you is true for you, and what is true for me is true for me."<ref name=socratesdialogue>
{{cite book | title=Scientific Inquiry: Applied to the Doctrine of Jesus Christ | author=Richard Austin Gudmundsen | page = 50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3C-ZdOSwRJcC&q=Protagoras+%22what+is+true+for+you%22&pg=PA50
|year=2000 |publisher=Cedar Fort | access-date=2011-01-24 |isbn=978-1-55517-497-2}}
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{{Cite book
| publisher = Barnes & Noble Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-56619-271-2
| last = Sahakian
| first = William S.
|author2=Mabel Lewis Sahakian
 | title = Ideas of the great philosophers
| page = 28
| year = 1993
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Vi7cQMw8SwYC&q=Protagoras+Plato+%22what+is+true+for+you%22&pg=PA28
| quote = What is true for you is true for you.
}}</ref><ref>
{{Cite book
| publisher = Schenkman Pub. Co.
| last = Sahakian
| first = W. S.
|author2=M. L. Sahakian
 | title = Realms of philosophy
| year = 1965
|page = 40
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6FEYAAAAIAAJ
| access-date = 2011-01-24
}}</ref>