Theaetetus
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- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
4 August 1987
Summary
Plato’s philosophical consideration of the nature of knowledge
Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great philosopher considering the nature of knowledge itself, in a debate with the geometrician Theodorus and his young follower Theaetetus. Their dialogue covers many questions, such as: is knowledge purely subjective, composed of the ever-changing flow of impressions we receive from the outside world? Is it better though…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140444506 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140444505 |
| Author: | Plato, Robin Waterfield |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 4 August 1987 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Plato
Plato (c.427-347 BC) was one of the shapers of the whole intellectual tradition of the West. He was disgusted by the corruption of Athenian political life, and the execution of his teacher Socrates. He sought cures for the ills of society in philosophy, and became convinced that those ills would not cease until philosophers became rulers, or rulers philosophers.
Robin Waterfield has translated various Greek philosophical texts, and was once a commissioning editor for Penguin.
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