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It is impossible to know the latter until we have adequately comprehended the nature of knowledge.Theaetetus
As the case now stands, Socrates, we cannot help thinking as you say.Socrates
To begin, then, at the beginning once more, what shall we say knowledge is? For surely we are not going to give it up yet, are we?Theaetetus
Not by any means, unless, that is, you give it up.Socrates
Tell us, then, what definition will make us contradict ourselves least.
As the case now stands, Socrates, we cannot help thinking as you say.Socrates
To begin, then, at the beginning once more, what shall we say knowledge is? For surely we are not going to give it up yet, are we?Theaetetus
Not by any means, unless, that is, you give it up.Socrates
Tell us, then, what definition will make us contradict ourselves least.