Theaetetus
by Plato
Reading #39 ("Memorabilia 3", 2026)
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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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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| Kind | Term |
|---|---|
| authors | Plato |
| literary form | dialogue |
| genres | Socratic dialogue |
| subjects | knowledge, epistemology, perception |
| period | Classical Greece, 5th c. BCE, 4th c. BCE |
| language | Ancient Greek, Attic Greek |
| same as | wikidata | wikipedia |
| keywords & tags | how to know nothing, wind-egg, true judgement, 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, motion and being, skepticism of perception, dreams and insanity, being and becoming, what is a man, true philosopher |
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