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Theaetetus

by Plato

Reading #39 ("Memorabilia III", 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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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-dont-know, #not-knowing-that-you-know, #not-knowing-that-you-dont-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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Contextual Relations

Refers To

Odyssey by Homer

Referenced By

Sophist by Plato

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🫆spence | 2026-07-04 14:05 -02:00 | #c6fdf0e5

Testing comments after breaking comments content into a separate GH repo and adding it back to the PWBC website as a submodule.

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