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On Being Immoral in a Dream

1981; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 56; Issue: 215 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0031819100049779

1469-817X

Gareth B. Matthews,

Classical Philosophy and Thought

What is often called Descartes' dream problem (‘How do I know that I am not now dreaming?’) should perhaps be called Plato's dream problem instead. Certainly it can be found in Plato's Theaetetus at 158b–c. It can also be found in Cicero ( Academica 2.27.88) and, through Cicero's influence, in much of the work of St Augustine.