In this episode of Canonball we discuss the "Theaetetus," which is one of the dialogues of Plato, who lived in the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
The cover art for this episode is Plato as depicted in a portion of the oil painting "The Death of Socrates," which French painter Jacques-Louis David completed in 1787.
Listen to this podcast on any of several dozen podcast platforms, most of which have no ads, at this link: www.buzzsprout.com/2132180/share
Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: www.vollrathpublishing.com
00:00 The Question "What Is Knowledge?"
6:55 Plato's Process In Transcribing Socrates
10:07 Geometry As Philosophy
12:45 A Clue To Socrates' Appearance
13:25 The Quadrivium
16:09 Abstraction And Reality
17:46 Experience And Skill
18:42 Knowledge As Perception
20:25 Absolute And Relative Value
23:15 The Uninitiated
24:28 Steelmanning Protagoras
25:30 True And False Or Better And Worse?
28:36 Political Subjectivity
29:06 Thales Of Miletus, The Divine Comedy, And The Canterbury Tales
30:39 Despot As Stockbreeder, Good And Evil
31:30 Justice As The Ultimate Test
33:17 Plato Coining The Word "Quality"
34:56 False Judgement As Combination Of Knowledge And Perception
35:54 Accounts, Complexes, And Names
37:53 Aporia And Some Encouragement From Socrates