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10 The Hedonism in Plato's Protagoras1 J. P. SULLIVAN I HREE INTERPRETATIONS of the discussion of hedonism in the Prota- goras may be distinguished. Some have argued that the discussion represents the real views of the historical Socrates 2 or of Plato himself at the time he was writing the dialogue. 3 This is the view which at present seems to be most generally accepted. 4 Others believe that the discussion is ad hominem, that Socrates in the dialogue is simply using the premiss that the only good is pleasure to prove his main thesis that Virtue is Knowledge, while