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Humanities

In this short section of the Theaetetus, we raise and consider the distinction between judgement and knowledge. The characters discuss true judgement vs false judgement, concluding that it is possible to have true judgement even without having knowledge. But how is this possible?

Reading

187a–201c

Questions

1. How does this passage help us understand politics?

2. Can we expect politicians and policy-makers to have “knowledge” or is only “true judgement” possible?

3. What knowledge do we, the citizens, have that our leaders do not; and what knowledge do they have which we do not? Which is more important and what does that mean about democratic (i.e., electoral) foreign policy?