Plato's Charmides: On Temperance (1230pm start)

Plato's Charmides is a beautifully crafted early dialogue that explores profound Platonic themes through Socrates' natural method of questioning.

Is temperance equivalent to self-knowledge? To be truly self-knowing, one must also understand what one does not know, which requires a kind of "knowledge of knowledge." Is this "knowledge of knowledge" possible? If so, would it be of any use?

Socrates suggests that this ideal of self-knowledge might at least guide further learning. He then recounts a "dream" in which a perfect state is governed by wisdom (knowledge of knowledge), yet he doubts whether this would truly ensure universal happiness.

Questions remain: What is the value of self-knowledge? Is there a science of the Good?

Please read the dialogue in advance, and we will discuss it together.
Link: Project Gutenberg - Charmides