Theaetetus

Reading #39 ("Memorabilia 3", 2026)

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Abstract

A conversation between Socrates and a young Theaetetus is relayed upon hearing that the latter is near death. In this account Theaetetus is questioned by Socrates about what knowledge is.

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authors	Plato
literary form	dialogue
genres	Socratic dialogue
subjects	knowledge, epistemology, true judgement
period	Classical Greece, 5th c. BCE, 4th c. BCE
language	Ancient Greek, Attic Greek
same as	wikidata \| wikipedia
keywords & tags	Theaetetus begins, a new hope, possessing vs having, knowing that you know, knowing that you don't know, not knowing that you know, not knowing that you don't know, knowledge vs true judgement, little wax facsimiles, hunters and atriums

Theaetetus

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