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[from 'Meno' by Plato, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique ]

Full Idea

You could argue that a man cannot discover what he does know or what he doesn't. The first needs no discovery, and how do you begin looking for the second?

Gist of Idea

You don't need to learn what you know, and how do you seek for what you don't know?

Source

Plato (Meno [c.385 BCE], 80e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Protagoras and Meno', ed/tr. Guthrie,W K C [Penguin 1956], p.128