
HoP 023 - MM McCabe on Knowledge in Plato
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Is Plato So Worried About Starting?
In mino's paradox, the problem seems to be, if i start out in a position of complete ignorance, how will i get to knowledge? You might think it should be very easy, right? But if he thinks that knowledge is this incredibly high level attainment, so it means being virtuous, when you can see how it would be pretty hard for me to get from this ordinary shma raging the sage reit. I think maybe there are three things that on can three directions one can go from that sort of thing. How does the worry about starting connect with the worry about finishing? Do i have to have grand things, or can i know boring things? The third questioniit
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