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Quotation from Theaetetus by Plato

“Now he who knows perceives what he knows, and, as far as I can see at present, knowledge is perception”

Plato (spoken by Theaetetus)

Theaetetus, First definition, c. 151e, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Encouraged by the midwife speech, Theaetetus offers his first real definition.

Citation: "Now he who knows perceives what he knows, and, as far as I can see at present, knowledge is perception" — Plato, Theaetetus, First definition, c. 151e, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-theaetetus-q1)

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