"Man is the measure of all things" a statement by the ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras. This statement is intended to imply that the individual human being, rather than a god or an unchanging moral law, is the source of value. In "Antigone", Creon decides to deny burial rights to Polynices. This decision is interpreted as sacrilege and leads Haemon, Eurydice and Antigone to act with rage. Heamon's death and Antigone's and Eurydice's suicide were interpreted …
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…caused the famous Jewish and other races' persecution and annihilation. Greed, lack of knowledge, and excessive pride highly affect man's potential to decide. Two and a half millenniums have passed since Protagoras' period and still in different periods of time; man cannot be the sole decision maker of right and wrong. When somebody agrees or disagrees it's simply convenience. Man cannot be the sole decision maker because everyone is different and subsequently, everyone thinks different.