Well I don't know the name of this Plato writting in English, it's known in
Spanish as 'El Banquete'. There, Socrates discusses this topic with Diotime.
In my Spanish translation, it's as follows (sorry folks, I don't have such a
biligual library):
Diotime-..., o ¿no has observado que existe un término medio entre la
sabiduría y la ignorancia?.
Sócrates- ¿Cual es?.
Diotime-Tener formada una opinión verdadera sin poder dar razón de
ella; ¿no sabes que eso no es ni ser sabio, porque la ciencia tiene que
fundarse en razones, ni ser ignorante, puesto que lo que
participa de la verdad no se le puede llamar ignorancia?.
La opinión verdadera ocupa, pues, el justo término entre la ciencia y la
ignorancia.
Platón, "El banquete" .
(pp117. Austral Espasa-Calpe 1973)
Cheers,
Fernando.
on 9/10/2005 11:10, Peter Leyssens at peterleyssens@xxxxxxxxx, wrote:
>
>>> Therefore neither truth nor the non-existence of truth can prevail?
>>> The problem is in the 'absolute'. There is also relative truth - the
>>> idea that something can be true at a particular time or in a
>>> particular context. There is 'best fit' - 'this theory best explains
>>> the problem at this point.'
>>> Subjectivity has no place in logic unless you enjoy solipcism.
>>> The idea of truth is a useful tho' unreliable social construct.
>>
>> But showing that the existence of truth cannot be proved does not prove that
>> truth does not or cannot exist, it merely proves that we have no way of
>> knowing whether truth exists or not...
>> Nor can we prove that we know that we know anything? The end result is faith
>> in something or other.
>
> And since you're trying to prove the existence of truth using rational
> means, and failing, might also imply that your tool (rational thinking)
> is inadequate.
>
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