SharaForman PHL 103 01 In looking at the development of Plato’s conception of knowledge through the mouthpiece of Socrates, one can see that philosophy is about questioning the limits of knowledge. The ever popular and reoccurring question that philosophers want to know is what is everything? The beliefs and ideas of Socrates were shared by all philosophers of their time. Ignorance was a major Socratic theme. Socrates was very concerned with definitions. He was always questioning …showed first 75 words of 1171 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1171 total…found with thought and not the body or the senses. Shara Forman PHL 103 01 In conclusion, there is no universal knowledge as seen through the development of Plato’s conception of knowledge through Socrates. From trying to understand the meaning of virtue to what is pious and impious, Plato shows through Socratic ignorance that things are and are not what they seem. Indeed, some things are pretty much black and white, and not gray in between.