Jowett: Knowledge

episteme
gignoskein

Knowledge (episteme, gignoskein); ’know thyself’ at Delphi, Charm. 164 D foil.; Protag. 343 B; Phaedr. 229 E; Phil. 48 C; Laws 11. 923 A ; i Alcib. 124 A, 129 A, 132 C ; knowledge of self, not = knowing what you know and what you do not know, Charm. 169; the proper study of mankind, Phaedr. 230 A: —knowing and not knowing, Theaet. 197; knowing and possessing knowledge, ibid.; knowing and being known, Soph. 248 E; knowing and communicating knowledge, i Alcib. 118:— knowledge=knowledge of ideas, Rep.   6. 484 ; = the sciences, Theaet. 146; = perception, ib. 151, 160 E, 163 foil., 179, 182 E, 183; = true opinion with a reason, ib. 201 foil.; = power of division and composition, Phil. 17 ; = knowledge of the soul, 1 Alcib. 130,131,133:—source of, Phaedr. 247; distinguished from belief, Gorg. 454; nature of, Rep. 5. 477, 478; classed among faculties, ib. 477! 6. 511 E; 7. 533 E; origin of, Tim. 37 ; consists in reasoning about sensations, Theaet. 186 ; is true opinion, ib. 187 foil.:—divisions of, Statesm. 260, 267; parts of, Phil. 55 D; threefold, Laws 10. 895 : — previous to birth, Phaedo   75; Rep. 7. 518 C; a process of recollection, Meno 81, 98 A; Phaedo 73, 75, 92; Phil. 34; Laws 5. 732 (cp. Recollection) : — how far given by the senses, Phaedo 65 E, 75; Theaet. 184 foil. (cp. Rep. 7. 529); its relation to sight, Theaet. 163, 164, 165 B (cp. PhiL 38 C) :— creates trust, Lysis   209, 210; must decide a question, Laches 184 ; the food of the soul, Protag. 313 D; more valuable than food, ib. 314; peril of buying, ibid.; the deprivation of, the only real evil, ib. 345 B; highest of human things, ib. 352; source of true pleasure and good, ib. 356 foil.; must use as well as make, Euthyd. 289; the only good, ib. 292 B; difficulty of, Crat. 384 A; not given by names, ib. 436, 440; the conceit of, Phaedr. 237 C; Apol. 22, 29 ; Soph, 230; Phil. 49 A; Laws 3. 701 A; 5. 727 B, 732 A; 9. 863 C; 10. 886 B; necessary to right actions, Meno 97; hindered by the body, Phaedo 66; to be obtained after death, ib. E foil.; should not be acquired under compulsion, Rep. 7. 536 E (but cp. Laws 7. 810); desire of, in the soul, Tim. 90; gives the right of command, Theaet. 170 B, 178 (cp. 1 Alcib. 134 C); pleasures of, Phil. 52; differences of clearness in, ib. 57 B ; the supreme law, Laws 9. 875 ; makes free, 1 Alcib. 135; not to be divorced from justice, Menex. 246 E ; not always better than ignorance, 2 Alcib. 143 foil. :— knowledge and courage, Laches 193. 197; Protag. 350, 360 (cp. Gorg. 490 foil., 495 ; Rep. 4.429; Laws 12. 963):—knowledge and definition, Theaet. 202, 208:— knowledge and good, Euthyd. 281 : — knowledge and happiness, Charm. 173 ; Euthyd. 281 ; Meno 88 ; 1 Alcib. 134;—knowledge and justice, Hipp. Min. 375 :—knowledge and learning, Euthyd. 278 A :—knowledge and opinion, Meno 96-98; Phaedr. 247,248 ; Rep. 5. 476-478 ; 6. 508 D, 510 A ; 7. 534 ; Theaet. 187, 201 foil. (v. s. v. Opinion):— knowledge and pleasure, Rep. 6. 505 :—knowledge and rhetoric, Phaedr. 262: — knowledge and success, Euthyd. 281: — knowledge and virtue, Protag. 356 folL; Euthyd. 274 E; Meno 87-89 :— knowledge and wisdom, Rep. 4. 428 (cp. Laws 3. 689 C) :— abstract and relative knowledge, Charm. 170: — absolute knowledge, Phaedr. 247 E; Parm. 134: — knowledge of absolute ideas, Phaedo 75 (cp. Parm. 134, 136) :—the highest knowledge, the Idea of Good, Rep. 6. 504; 7. 514 foil. (cp. Laws 12. 965) :— the best knowledge, to discern between good and evil, Rep. 10. 618:—knowledge of the good implies knowledge of the bad, Ion   531, 532 (cp. Rep. 1. 334) :— knowledge of the just and unjust, I Alcib. 109 foil.: —unity of knowledge, Phaedo 101 ; Rep. 5.479; Soph. 257 :—knowledge which is superhuman only, ridiculous, Phil. 62 B :—universal knowledge (of the Sophists), impossible, Euthyd. 293, 294; Soph. 233, 234 :—knowledge of shadows, Rep. 6. 511 D ; 7. 534 A :—knowledge of the Gods, unattainable, Crat. 400 E, 425 C ; Rep. 2. 365 E ; Crit. 107 ; Parm. 134 E; noble, Laws 12. 966:— knowledge of the world, ib. 1. 640 C:—love of knowledge, characteristic of the Hellenes, Rep. 4. 435 E; peculiar to the rational element of the soul, ib. 9. 581 B.

Theaet. Knowledge was said by us to be true opinion ; and true opinion is surely unerring, and the results which follow from it are all noble and good. THEAETETUS  

Str. Knowledge, like the other, is one ; and yet the various parts of knowledge have each of them their own particular name, and hence there are many arts and kinds of knowledge. SOPHIST

Soc. Knowledge has two parts — the one productive, and the other educational ? PHILEBUS