We have sometimes read excerpts from Plato's Theaetetus in the Reading and Speaking class, but beyond that, this founding text of Western philosophy speaks to our aims in the class: the pursuit of understanding and knowledge through a dialogue with others.
We might, like the mathematician Theaetetus in his search for proofs, make a few mistakes in the course of our discussions, but we do our best to follow the road, hopefully not dying along the way.
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