Theaetetus

TheTheaetetusis one ofPlato'sdialoguesconcerning thenature of knowledge, writtencirca369 BCE. In this dialogue, Socrates andTheaetetusdiscuss three definitions ofknowledge: knowledge as nothing butperception, knowledge astrue judgment, and, finally, knowledge as atrue judgment with an account.Each of these definitions is shown to be unsatisfactory. Socrates declares Theaetetus will have benefited from discovering what he does not know, and that he may be better able to approach the topic in the future. The conversation ends with Socrates' announcement that he has to go to court to face acriminal indictment.