Plato is not talking about detached, value-free knowledge when he says knowing the good enables doing it; rather, he means a knowledge that involves loving the truth, and if one really loves the truth, one will do what it requires—but not in the sense of detached objective impersonal awareness.
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“Plato isn't talking about a kind of knowledge which is detached and value free he's talking about loving the truth remember and it may be that if you really love the truth you'll do what it requires but not knowing in the sense of detached objective impersonal awareness [40:28]”
Created: 8/11/2026, 12:01:26 AM
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