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Theaetetus
Plato · Classical · c. 369 BCE
Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1871)
10 chapters
A dialogue on the nature of knowledge — examining and refuting in turn three definitions: knowledge as perception, as true judgment, and as true judgment with an account.
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Contents
- 1The Frame: Euclid and Terpsion
- 2The Question: What Is Knowledge?
- 3First Definition: Knowledge Is Perception
- 4Protagoras: Man the Measure of All Things
- 5The Digression on the Philosopher
- 6The Refutation of Protagoras
- 7The Doctrine of Flux and False Judgment
- 8Second Definition: Knowledge Is True Judgment
- 9The Wax Tablet and the Aviary
- 10Third Definition: True Judgment with an Account
