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But on the other hand he may know the syllable ‘The’ in the name Theaetetus, yet he may be mistaken about the same syllable in the name
Theaetetus 2007
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The Socrates of the Theaetetus is the same as the Socrates of the earlier dialogues.
Theaetetus 2007
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STRANGER: There is a further distinction, Theaetetus, which is worthy of our consideration, and for a reason which I will tell you.
The Sophist 2006
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In the "Theaetetus," Socrates is represented as speaking thus on behalf of Protagoras:
The Approach to Philosophy Ralph Barton Perry 1916
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Plato accounts for memory in the "Theaetetus" by the image of the seal ring which impresses wax; the character and duration of the impression depends upon the size, purity, and hardness of the wax.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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And Plato in his "Theaetetus" noteth well, "That particulars are infinite, and the higher generalities give no sufficient direction; and that the pith of all sciences, which maketh the artsman differ from the inexpert, is in the middle propositions, which in every particular knowledge are taken from tradition and experience."
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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The three dialogues, '' Phaedo, Symposium '', and '' Theaetetus '', also begin in dramatic form but then proceed to virtually uninterrupted narration by followers of Socrates, and all, apparently, based on their distant memory or secondhand reports.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The three dialogues, '' Phaedo, Symposium '', and '' Theaetetus '', also begin in dramatic form but then proceed to virtually uninterrupted narration by followers of Socrates, and all, apparently, based on their distant memory or secondhand reports.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The three dialogues, '' Phaedo, Symposium '', and '' Theaetetus '', also begin in dramatic form but then proceed to virtually uninterrupted narration by followers of Socrates, and all, apparently, based on their distant memory or secondhand reports.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Moreover, he solves the puzzle of the false and the right opinion, as well as of the justified true belief that had been inquired in the Theaetetus.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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