Knowledge and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Theaetetus

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Publisher: Lexington Books
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 195
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Knowledge and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Theaetetus examines the dialogue in conversation with others, arriving at the conclusion that it is the absence of self-knowledge in the Theaetetus which leads to its closing impasse regarding knowledge. What Socrates accomplishes in the dialogue is to lead the mathematician Theaetetus to the recognition of his ignorance_the first step toward self-knowledge.

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