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IT would have been a real treat for philosophers to have a genuine study of Plato's “Theory of Knowledge” by Prof. Cornford. As it stands, however, the title of the book is misleading as it offers no more than an excellent translation of the “Theaetetus” and the “Sophist” with a running commentary. The latter will be found most useful and inspiring by all students of Plato's philosophy, for it aims at discovering what Plato really means and how the arguments of these two dialogues are related to the rest of his work.
Plato's Theory of Knowledge:
the Theaetetus and the Sophist of Plato translated with a Running Commentary. By Prof. Francis Macdonald Cornford. (International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method.) Pp. xiv + 336. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1935.) 15s. net.
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Plato's Theory of Knowledge. Nature 136, 777 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136777a0
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