David Roochnik Quotes About Plato

• First and foremost, note that Plato always wrote dialogues, and never attempted to produce a theoretical or scientific treatise. This is a big clue for me. From beginning to end, Plato was aware of the limits of theoretical and technical reasoning, and his dialogues are a massive exploration.

  David Roochnik

  Plato, Clue, Exploration

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

• Even before Plato, techne was conceived as knowledge of a determinate field that could be mastered by "the expert". Such a person becomes an authority to whom laypersons should, in their dealings with that field, defer. Techne typically results in a useful result.

  David Roochnik

  Plato, Authority

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

• It may well seem that Plato does suggest techne is the best model for moral knowledge. In other words, it may seem that his goal is to establish an expert or authority in the field of the good-bad, just-unjust.

  David Roochnik

  Plato, Goal, Moral

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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