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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Meno by Plato,Μένων
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Meno asks Socrates how to acquire VIRTUE,
and Socrates questions him in order to discover the nature of virtue ;
Meno either uses the term,gives examples,or offers circular definitions.
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The question arises as to how anyone can inquire about that which he does not know,
for it would seem that one must know what one is inquiring about.
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Socrates suggests that men's souls are immortal,
and that in the course of their travels between reincarnations
the souls acquire knowledge of all things ;
acquiring knowledge in this life,then,is an act of recollection.
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VIRTUE can be taught if virtue is knowledge,
but there appear to be no teachers of virtue ;
virtue must be a gift of gods.
..
Meno asks Socrates how to acquire VIRTUE,
and Socrates questions him in order to discover the nature of virtue ;
Meno either uses the term,gives examples,or offers circular definitions.
..
The question arises as to how anyone can inquire about that which he does not know,
for it would seem that one must know what one is inquiring about.
..
Socrates suggests that men's souls are immortal,
and that in the course of their travels between reincarnations
the souls acquire knowledge of all things ;
acquiring knowledge in this life,then,is an act of recollection.
..
VIRTUE can be taught if virtue is knowledge,
but there appear to be no teachers of virtue ;
virtue must be a gift of gods.
..
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