Theaetetus

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Platonic dialogue

Theaetetus is a Platonic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Theaetetus canonical 25
Theaetetus of Athens 3
Theaetetus (character) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
canonicalStatus standard part of Platonic canon ⓘ
conclusionStyle aporetic ending ⓘ
containsDiscussionOf dreams and waking ⓘ
judgment and logos ⓘ
sense perception ⓘ
dateWritten 4th century BCE ⓘ
dialogueForm Socratic dialogue ⓘ
discussesDoctrine man is the measure ⓘ
examinesProblem criteria for knowledge ⓘ
possibility of false belief ⓘ
exploresConcept Heraclitean flux ⓘ
Protagorean relativism ⓘ
definition of knowledge ⓘ
false belief ⓘ
justification ⓘ
perception ⓘ
true belief ⓘ
featuresCharacter Socrates ⓘ
Theaetetus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Theaetetus (character)

Theodorus of Cyrene ⓘ
featuresCharacterRole Socrates as main questioner ⓘ
Theaetetus as respondent ⓘ
frameNarrator Euclid of Megara ⓘ
surface form: Euclides of Megara

Terpsion ⓘ
genre philosophical dialogue ⓘ
hasStructure framed narrative ⓘ
hasTitleInGreek Θεαίτητος ⓘ
influenced epistemology in Western philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme epistemology ⓘ
nature of knowledge ⓘ
mentionsPhilosopher Heraclitus ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
partOf Platonic corpus ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline theory of knowledge ⓘ
philosophicalPeriod Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalPositionExamined knowledge is perception ⓘ
knowledge is true judgment ⓘ
knowledge is true judgment with an account ⓘ
precedesInTrilogy Sophists ⓘ
surface form: Sophist

Statesman ⓘ
relatedWork Sophists ⓘ
surface form: Sophist

Statesman ⓘ
settingLocation Athens ⓘ
style elenctic questioning ⓘ
traditionallyGroupedWith late dialogues of Plato ⓘ
workType literary prose ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plato → notableWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Academy of Athens → notableStudent → Theaetetus ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
Statesman → relatedWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Cratylus → relatedWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Theaetetus → featuresCharacter → Theaetetus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theaetetus (character)
Middle dialogues of Plato → hasPart → Theaetetus ⓘ
Socratic dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" → relatedWorkByPlato → Theaetetus ⓘ
subject surface form: Parmenides (dialogue)
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" → featuresCharacter → Theaetetus ⓘ
subject surface form: Sophist
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" → isPrecededBy → Theaetetus ⓘ
subject surface form: Sophist
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" → traditionallyGroupedWith → Theaetetus ⓘ
subject surface form: Sophist
late Plato → includesDialogue → Theaetetus ⓘ
subject surface form: Late Plato
Politikos → relatedWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Eleatic Stranger → appearsIn → Theaetetus ⓘ
Eleatic Stranger → dialoguePartner → Theaetetus ⓘ
Platonic corpus → containsWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Hermogenes → relatedWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Theodorus of Cyrene → knownFor → Theaetetus ⓘ
this entity surface form: teaching Theaetetus
Theodorus of Cyrene → student → Theaetetus ⓘ
Theodorus of Cyrene → influenced → Theaetetus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theaetetus of Athens
Terpsion → appearsIn → Theaetetus ⓘ
Terpsion → associatedWithCharacter → Theaetetus ⓘ
Θεαίτητος → titleInEnglish → Theaetetus ⓘ
Θεαίτητος → mainCharacter → Theaetetus ⓘ
Θεαίτητος → featuresMathematicianAsCharacter → Theaetetus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theaetetus of Athens
Late dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Theaetetus ⓘ
Plato's Theaetetus → featuresCharacter → Theaetetus ⓘ
Plato's Theaetetus → namedAfter → Theaetetus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theaetetus of Athens
writings of Plato → containsWork → Theaetetus ⓘ