Wisdom Ethics The Relationship Between Knowledge and Virtue in Selected Platonic Dialogues
Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Moore, John
Keywords
Classics, Plato, Virtue, Ethics, Knowledge, Meno, Theaetetus, Republic
Area of Concentration
Classics
Abstract
The following pages explore the treatment of knowledge and virtue in Plato's Meno, Theaetetus, and Republic. Closely reading the primary texts reveals basic assumptions about the nature of what knowing is and how knowledge is acquired. The realm of the Forms plays a great part in understanding human knowledge and reasoning processes. The dialogues also posit virtue as necessarily in the realm of the Forms. Thus, the study concludes that Plato's basic epistemological premises lead to an understanding of virtue as contingent upon and inseparable from reasoning. The author has used the Greek text found in the Loeb Classical Library editions of each dialogue for primary material. All translations are the author's own.
Recommended Citation
Campa, Naomi Esther, "Wisdom Ethics The Relationship Between Knowledge and Virtue in Selected Platonic Dialogues" (2006). Theses & ETDs. 3619.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/3619