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.

Aliases (1)

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 (character) → Theodorus of Cyrene →
featuresCharacterRole	Socrates as main questioner → Theaetetus as respondent →
frameNarrator	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	Sophist → Statesman →
relatedWork	Sophist → Statesman →
settingLocation	Athens →
style	elenctic questioning →
traditionallyGroupedWith	late dialogues of Plato →
workType	literary prose →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cratylus → Statesman →	relatedWork
Theaetetus ("Theaetetus (character)") →	featuresCharacter
Middle dialogues of Plato →	hasPart
Socratic dialogues of Plato →	includesWork
Academy of Athens (ancient) →	notableStudent
Plato →	notableWork