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the man who catches the ignorance will, you say, have false opinion. Is that it?Theaetetus
Yes.Socrates
But surely he will not also think that he has false opinion.Theaetetus
Certainly not.Socrates
No, but true opinion, and will have the attitude of knowing that about which he is deceived.Theaetetus
Of course.Socrates
Hence he will fancy that he has caught, and has, knowledge, not ignorance.Theaetetus
Evidently.Socrates
Then, after our long wanderings, we have come round again to our first difficulty. For the real reasoner
Yes.Socrates
But surely he will not also think that he has false opinion.Theaetetus
Certainly not.Socrates
No, but true opinion, and will have the attitude of knowing that about which he is deceived.Theaetetus
Of course.Socrates
Hence he will fancy that he has caught, and has, knowledge, not ignorance.Theaetetus
Evidently.Socrates
Then, after our long wanderings, we have come round again to our first difficulty. For the real reasoner