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Ideas for 'Works of Love', 'Semantic Relationism' and 'Meno'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

1923	As a guide to action, true opinion is as good as knowledge [Plato]
	Full Idea: True opinion is as good a guide as knowledge for the purpose of acting rightly.
	From: Plato (Meno [c.385 BCE], 97b)
	A reaction: This is the germ of Peirce's epistemology - that knowledge is an interesting theoretical concept, but opinion/belief is what matters, and most needs explanation.

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

1919	You don't need to learn what you know, and how do you seek for what you don't know? [Plato]
	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?
	From: Plato (Meno [c.385 BCE], 80e)