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The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

1985

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Plato's Refutation Of Thrasymachus: The Craft Argument, Edward Warren Mar 1985

Plato's Refutation Of Thrasymachus: The Craft Argument, Edward Warren

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

I argue that in Plato's view the nature and existence of knowledge refutes Thrasymachus and that in employing the craft argument to this end Plato presupposes that 1) knowledge is always of Form, 2) knowledge, being, and power are united, and 3) the Good confers value upon being.