Theaetetus
Plato
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Description
A boy good at mathematics sits down with Socrates, and the two of them try, three times over, to say what knowledge is. The young mathematician Theaetetus, with Socrates as midwife, works through each answer and watches it fail.
The dialogue is famous for its discussion of doxa, the Greek word for seeming or opinion, and for its honesty about ending without a settled definition. Readers meet Plato at his most searching. The book pairs naturally with the Parmenides: both show a philosopher willing to leave a question open rather than close it with a slogan.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Plato |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 380 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |