English
Etymology
According to Plato, the phrase was coined by Greek philosopher Protagoras.
Phrase
man is the measure of all things
- (an expression of) the doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truth
Translations
Translations
- Catalan: l'home és la mesura de totes les coses
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 人类是一切的测量具
- Danish: mennesket er alle tings mål
- Estonian: kõigi asjade mõõt on inimene
- Finnish: ihminen on kaiken mitta
- French: l'homme est la mesure de toute chose
- German: der Mensch ist das Maß aller Dinge
- Italian: l'uomo è misura di tutte le cose
- Latin: homo mensura
- Norwegian: mannesket er målstokken for alle ting
- Polish: człowiek jest miarą wszystkiego
- Russian: челове́к есть ме́ра всех вещей существующих (čelovék jestʹ méra vsex veščej suščestvujuščix)
- Spanish: el hombre es la medida de todas las cosas
- Swedish: människan är alltings mått
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