Protagoras claims that “right from when they’re small children, and through they’re lives, they teach them and set them straight” (26). Children are taught at an extremely young age what is good and what is bad. Their parents do not only teach them to be virtuous; grandparents, siblings and others may also teach them as well. This point is exceptionally valid; throughout one’s life the teaching of how to act accordingly in all settings in society is continually taking place by all members in a …show more content…
Protagoras does this by using examples in everyday society. He begins with punishment and how society does not seek to only punish people who are not virtuous; punishment is also there to provide education and growth to those who have done wrong. Along with punishment, Protagoras discusses that people are educated throughout all phases of ones life on how to act virtuous. Parents, Teachers and society all provide education on how to be virtuous. Finally, Protagoras uses Socrates example and effectively shows that everyone has some sort of virtue in himself or herself, although it may be more evident in some and not in others. Through these three main arguments Protagoras does an exceptional job showing that virtue can be taught to everyone over