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A review by rosekk
Theaetetus by Plato
3.0
It's a shame anyone who write a book on philosophy in Plato's style these days would be instantly marked down as pretentious, because it does actually make digging down into questions and assumptions easier to follow.
Unfortunately, of all the many subjects Plato gives this treatment, this covers one of the ones I've come to find least interesting. There was a time when I found ontology a great (if frustrating) puzzle. These the frustration has overtaken the intrigue, and then settled down into boredom. It's just not a topic I can bring myself to feel invested in anymore. For that reason I couldn't properly judge this text on its own merits, because my own failure to engage with the subject matter was blotting out my view of the text.
Unfortunately, of all the many subjects Plato gives this treatment, this covers one of the ones I've come to find least interesting. There was a time when I found ontology a great (if frustrating) puzzle. These the frustration has overtaken the intrigue, and then settled down into boredom. It's just not a topic I can bring myself to feel invested in anymore. For that reason I couldn't properly judge this text on its own merits, because my own failure to engage with the subject matter was blotting out my view of the text.