Meno

In Plato's Meno, Socrates and Meno discus ways which virtue can be acquired. They suggest that it can not be taught, but it is understandable through by recollection. Virtue is something that comes from those who posses it as a free gifts from the gods, because it's neither innate nor earned. Virtue is a mix of many different ideas which of justice and moderation are apart of. After Socrates refutes the ideas of different virtues for different people, he goes on to say that if all virtues came…

very foundations of Western philosophy and science. In Meno, one of the first Platonic dialogues, Plato offers his own unique philosophical theory, infused with his teacher’s brilliant sophistry. Amongst the discussion of common topic virtue in Meno one might come across this very simple but a tricky paradox: “How can one be virtuous, or seek virtue, when one cannot know what it is? “How will you…

Problem: In Plato’s Meno, after being perplexed by Socrates’s elenchus style of argument, Meno poses a paradox of knowledge. It goes as follows: If we have k of x, then there is no need to inquire about x. If we do not have k about x, then we cannot even inquire about x. This seems to be a problem for how we can come to know things. Either we already know what we are seeking and it is pointless to do so, or we have no knowledge of something so we cannot seek it out. Regardless of this paradox,…

this dialogue, Meno tells Socrates what he believes virtue is, and Socrates rejects Meno’s definitions and indirectly tells him the type of definition he is looking for. When Socrates asks Meno to give him a definition of virtue, Meno says that “a man virtue is to be able to manage public affairs” and that there are different types of virtues (71e). Meno says that a man virtue is different from a woman’s virtue, which is also different from a child’s virtue and so on. Socrates wants Meno to tell…

considered justified there needs to be a necessary condition and that a third condition needs to be introduced for S to believe namely Q. Gettier talks about three other philosophers ideals and states that their ideas are wrong. Plato’s Theaetetus and Meno In Theaetetus, Plato through Socrates fumble with what knowledge is. Socrates has a dialog with one of Plato’s student, Theaetetus, in this dialog they discuss what knowledge is. One of Theaetetus’ definition is that knowledge is true…

Dialogue: Meno and Phaedo Introduction Plato wrote almost thirty dialogue, and Socrates is the major character in most of them. Platonic dialogue is a genre involving other texts such as Xenophon’s hiero and Plato’s law, in which Socrates, a wise man leads the dialogues those against each dialogues is Socrates who attempt to find out more about the understanding of other person concerning moral issues Meno In this Plato’s dialogue, the Socrates is faced with some very persuasive arguments with…

Plato 's argument of recollection in Meno tries to solve the puzzle of how knowledge is acquired or learned. Plato, a classical Greek philosopher who is a famous writer. In Plato 's Meno Socrates , a philosopher who questions a slave into recollecting prior knowledge and not drawing any conclusions from information that is being ask of him for the first time. Plato 's idea of true knowledge is based on its usual nature and his theory of recollection, that suggest that all knowledge can…

There are certain questions in Plato’s Meno that appear to be answerable, yet, Plato chooses to induce aporia and continues to keep the reader in a state of confusion in order to guide them to explore different thoughts concerning the matter of virtue and how it relates to human beings. Plato has shaped Socrates as a character who always encourages self-examination, as well as examination of the human race as a whole, and by creating a state of confusion surrounding a given topic, in this case,…

Essay Two Plato - Meno and Phaedo In reading the book Phaedo we experience the, final hours of Socrates who has been sentenced to death. Plato writes about friends who have come to bid farewell to the philosopher. The dialogue that ensues serves as the platform for a philosophical debate that primarily focuses on the soul. One of the visitors in attendance is a philosophy student of Socrates whose name is Cebes. Cebes objects to Socrates’ theory of the immortality of the soul. In the text…

Plato presents Socrates views on the question whether virtue can be taught in several dialogues, most notably in Protagoras and Meno. In Protagoras the topic of piety, virtue and what it means to be a good citizen is discussed. The main debate in Protagoras is between Socrates and Protagoras himself, over whether virtues can be taught and if so how and later on arguing whether virtues can be passed on. One of Socrates’ reasoning for doubting that virtues can be taught is that virtuous parents…