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Theaetetus by John McDowell, Plato, Lesley Brown

3.0

Socrates meets up with his friend and Mathematician Theodorus, and Theodorus remarks that he's got a truly exceptional student called Theatetus. Socrates calls Theatetus over to ascertain whether or not Theodorus is telling the truth, and fulfill his role as a midwife to extract the baby of wisdom growing from Theodorus and see if its good or not. What ensues is a series of dialogues (With Socrates doing most of the talking) on the topic of what is KNOWLEDGE. They go through three different theories on love before coming to the conclusion that Theodorus does not actually know what knowledge is, and thus the metaphorical baby is to be tossed. On the bright side, at least now Theodorus knows enough to know that he doesn't know what knowledge is.