Translated by the noted classical scholar Francis M.
In addition to writing philosophical dialogues -- used to teach logic, ethics, rhetoric, religion, and mathematics as well as philosophy -- he founded Athens\' Academy, the Western world\'s first institution of higher learning..
About the Author: Plato ranks among the most familiar ancient philosophers, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle.
The dialog follows Socrates\' cross-examination of a self-proclaimed true philosopher, The Stranger, on the distinction between philosophers, statesmen, and sophists.
Plato depreciated the term, and ever since, in philosophy, sophistry indicates the deceptive exploitation of linguistic ambiguities.
In the Sophist, a related dialog, Plato redefines the term "sophist," which hitherto had connoted one who gives sophia (wisdom) to his disciples.
Like most Socratic dialogs, the Theatetus ends without a definitive answer -- leaving the subject open for the reader\'s further consideration. e., a justified true belief); as well as variations on each of these answers.
Among the answers they explore: knowledge as perception; knowledge as true belief; knowledge as true belief plus an account (i.
The Theatetus offers a systematic treatment of the question, "What is knowledge?" Most of the dialog takes place between Socrates and the student Theatetus.
Both works pose eternal questions that keep these dialogs ever-relevant not only for students of philosophy but also for every reader and thinker.
Cornford, this edition of two masterpieces of Plato\'s later period features extensive ongoing commentaries by Cornford that provide helpful background information and valuable insights.
Translated by the noted classical scholar Francis M
