
HoP 022 - I Know Because The Caged Bird Sings - Plato's Theaetetus
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Theotetus Definition of Knowledge in Plato's Dialogues
Theotetus is one of the most admirable characters ever to engage with socrates in plato's dialogues. Despite his youth, he shows much more commitment to the philosophical search than the older theodorus. He offers several attempts at saying what knowledge might be but each attempt is refuted. We learn a great deal about knowledge in the course of the dialogue - even if the characters fail to produce a definition that satisfies them.
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