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Leodamas of Thasos (162 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

[Plato's time] also lived Leodamas of Thasos, Archytas of Tarentum, and Theaetetus of Athens, by whom the theorems [of geometry] were increased in number

Statesman (dialogue) (569 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

written by Plato. The text depicts a conversation among Socrates, the mathematician Theodorus, another person named Socrates (referred to as "Socrates the

Number theory (11,019 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Theaetetus—that we know that Theodorus had proven that 3,5,…,17{\displaystyle {\sqrt {3}},{\sqrt {5}},\dots ,{\sqrt {17}}} are irrational. Theaetetus

Wonder (emotion) (1,084 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

and the central feature of the human spirit". Fisher Keltner See Plato, Theaetetus, 155d; Aristotle, Metaphysics, I, 2, 982b Descartes, Rene. The Passions

Hylozoism (2,301 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to the criticisms which Plato had deployed against Protagoras in the Theaetetus. On the side of hylozoism, Strato of Lampsacus was the official target

Philosopher king (2,682 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

statesman and lawgiver, as well as a philosopher, poet, scientist, and mathematician, who patronized a vibrantly sophisticated and cosmopolitan court in

Heraclea Pontica (746 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Heraclea, niece to Persian King Darius III Diogenianus, a Greek grammarian Theaetetus (philosopher), a philosopher, Plato's student List of ancient Greek cities

Definitions of knowledge (10,572 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of this definition was considered and rejected by Socrates in Plato's Theaetetus. Today, there is wide, though not universal, agreement among analytic

Genius (5,895 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

into the mire while gazing at the stars, an allusion to Plato's dialogue Theætetus, in which Socrates tells of Thales (the first philosopher) being ridiculed

History of logic (13,242 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

is the nature of definition? The first question arises in the dialogue Theaetetus, where Plato identifies thought or opinion with talk or discourse (logos)

List of Greek inventions and discoveries (9,559 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Classical Greek philosopher Socrates and is introduced by him in Plato's Theaetetus as midwifery (maieutics) because it is employed to bring out definitions

Neoplatonism (6,419 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

remains debatable. Hypatia (c. 360 – 415) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician who served as head of the Platonist school in Alexandria, Egypt, where

Analytic philosophy (9,646 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"justified true belief" model of knowledge found as early as Plato's dialogue Theaetetus. These include developing theories of justification to deal with Gettier's

Philebus (11,331 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

fragments. Unlike many other Platonic dialogues such as the Phaedo or the Theaetetus, Philebus is not structured as a reported narrative from someone who had

Euthyphro dilemma (9,622 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions. As German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz presented this version of the dilemma: "It is generally