What is the historical significance of the view that man is the measure of everything?

Protagoras, a wise man in ancient Greece, put forward that "man is the measure of all things"

Meaning: Whether everything exists depends on people's feelings.

Affirming and emphasizing human value and putting people at the center of the world and society is the first awakening of human self-consciousness under the rule of primitive religion and nature and the origin of western humanistic spirit.

Emphasizing people's position and function is the initial embodiment of humanism, and it is also the thought of ideological enlightenment and liberation.

Provide value standard guidance for the Renaissance.

(negative) overemphasizes people's subjective feelings and denies the standards of objective judgment in the world.

Smart school:

(1) Background: Greek city-state democracy is highly developed, with rich civil society life and active thoughts.

(2) Views and representatives: The school of the wise pays attention to the understanding of society, advocates skepticism, opposes superstition, and emphasizes the value and decisive role of human beings, which all constitute the spiritual connotation of ancient Greek humanism. The representative figure is Prota Guerra-"Man is the measure of everything".

(3) Evaluation:

(1) emphasizes the significance of man as the subject of understanding objective things, denies the role of supernatural forces in social life, and establishes human dignity.

(2) too much emphasis on personal subjective feelings, ignoring people's understanding of the same sex, which opens the door for subjective randomness and extreme individualism.