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[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception ]

Full Idea

Perception is always of something that is, and it is infallible, which suggests that it is knowledge.

Gist of Idea

Perception is infallible, suggesting that it is knowledge

Source

Plato (Theaetetus [c.368 BCE], 152c)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Theaetetus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1987], p.31