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richardpapensympathiser's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
blueyorkie's review against another edition
5.0
Socrates teaches us the method of maieutics, that is to say, that, just as a midwife does not give birth to the child of a pregnant woman, Socrates does not "create" knowledge but "extract" it from the individual through philosophy. Experience is within us (the famous "know yourself" from the temple of Delphi), and philosophy - or rather wisdom, a word that keeps a connection to "practice" - only manifests these inner truths, reflections of Archetypical ideas.
It is also vital in the Platonic ideas in epistemology (the science of knowledge) because, by Theaetetus, we brought to various questions on the legitimacy of the modes of understanding (sensation, judgment, etc.)
It is also vital in the Platonic ideas in epistemology (the science of knowledge) because, by Theaetetus, we brought to various questions on the legitimacy of the modes of understanding (sensation, judgment, etc.)
libri_andthings's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
3.0
I was in my philosophy era .
drew2718's review
5.0
Empiricism BTFO. Plato and Socrates are quite literally two thousand years ahead of their time here. On top of Theaetetus being entertaining and readable, Socrates makes the tremendously consequential argument that most empiricists aren't consistent in that they don't take their beliefs to their necessary conclusion. And he pushes back on the empiricists that are consistent (like Hume) because they are forced into relativism, no continuity of self, no right to the use of our language, no ability to make metaphysical claims, and more. This dialogue is so good, especially part 1. Lends credence to the claim that all philosophy is a footnote to Plato. Hume's whole career is summarized and shredded by this dialogue.