Meno, Parmenides, and Theaetetus (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Plato, Marc Lucht (Introduction), Benjamin Jowett (Translator)

Overview

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. 

In “Meno,” Socrates and Meno set out to find teachers of ethics.  When they are unable to find any, the reader is left wondering if knowledge, goodness, and justness can be taught.

 

“Parmenides” tells of the meeting between a young Socrates and two philosophers from the Eleatic school, Parmenides and Zeno.  In his most challenging work of philosophy, Plato debates monism and plurality.

 In “Theaetetus,” Socrates and Theaetetus explore the three definitions of knowledge: knowledge as perception, knowledge as true judgment, and knowledge as a judgment with an account.  All three definitions prove to be inadequate. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411466142
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/13/2012
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Plato was born to an aristocratic Athenian family in 427 BC and founded the infamous school the Academy in the 360s. His sweeping and multifaceted philosophy exerts a remarkably pervasive influence upon the intellectual culture of the West.