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[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs ]

Full Idea

It is impossible to believe something which is not the case.

Gist of Idea

It is impossible to believe something which is held to be false

Source

Plato (Theaetetus [c.368 BCE], 167a)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Theaetetus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1987], p.57