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HoP 023 - MM McCabe on Knowledge in Plato

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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The Theory of Forms, Is That Where the Forms Come Bank?

Theory of forms could be used to explain why virtue is virtuous. But it's also a very dismal account of morality, and knowledge doesn't tell you much about the state of your soul. Mino: It looks as though he thinks that knowing involves that you know that tha' requires that you're bad at getting good things in life. So what's teavce between self and knowledge? I don't think i want to get into that debate right now.

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