Full Idea
There is a state of mind half-way between wisdom and ignorance - having true opinions without being able to give reasons for them.
Gist of Idea
True opinion without reason is midway between wisdom and ignorance
Source
Plato (The Symposium [c.373 BCE], 202a)
Book Reference
Plato: 'The Symposium', ed/tr. Hamilton,W [Penguin 1951], p.80
A Reaction
Compare Idea 2140, where Plato scorns this state of mind. What he describes could be split into two - purely lucky true beliefs, and 'externalist knowledge', with non-conscious justification.
Related Idea
Idea 2140 True belief without knowledge is like blind people on the right road [Plato]