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Title: Meno
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meno
Credits: Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger
Summary: "Meno" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written in the late 5th century BC. The work primarily engages with the question of whether virtue can be taught and seeks to define what virtue itself is. At the center of the dialogue are Meno, a young Thessalian aristocrat, and Socrates, the famed philosopher, as they explore various propositions regarding the nature of virtue and knowledge. The opening of "Meno" begins with Meno questioning Socrates about the teachability of virtue, proposing various definitions that Socrates deftly critiques. As they discuss the concept of virtue, Meno suggests that there are many kinds of virtue corresponding to different roles (for men, women, children, etc.), but Socrates challenges him to find a unifying definition. This leads to a deeper inquiry into knowledge itself, with Socrates proposing that learning is a form of recollection due to the immortality of the soul. The dialogue illustrates a process of dialectical inquiry, revealing both characters' evolving understanding of virtue, knowledge, and the nature of teaching. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE
Translator: Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893
EBook No.: 1643
Published: Feb 1, 1999
Downloads: 1561
Language: English
Subject: Classical literature
Subject: Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC
Subject: Ethics -- Early works to 1800
Subject: Virtue -- Early works to 1800
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Meno
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meno
Credits: Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger
Summary: "Meno" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written in the late 5th century BC. The work primarily engages with the question of whether virtue can be taught and seeks to define what virtue itself is. At the center of the dialogue are Meno, a young Thessalian aristocrat, and Socrates, the famed philosopher, as they explore various propositions regarding the nature of virtue and knowledge. The opening of "Meno" begins with Meno questioning Socrates about the teachability of virtue, proposing various definitions that Socrates deftly critiques. As they discuss the concept of virtue, Meno suggests that there are many kinds of virtue corresponding to different roles (for men, women, children, etc.), but Socrates challenges him to find a unifying definition. This leads to a deeper inquiry into knowledge itself, with Socrates proposing that learning is a form of recollection due to the immortality of the soul. The dialogue illustrates a process of dialectical inquiry, revealing both characters' evolving understanding of virtue, knowledge, and the nature of teaching. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE
Translator: Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893
EBook No.: 1643
Published: Feb 1, 1999
Downloads: 1561
Language: English
Subject: Classical literature
Subject: Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC
Subject: Ethics -- Early works to 1800
Subject: Virtue -- Early works to 1800
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.