Project Gutenberg 1999-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 2260 Plato -428 -348 Πλάτων Jowett, Benjamin 1817 1893 Jowett, William Meno Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meno Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "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 ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Classical literature Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Ethics -- Early works to 1800 Virtue -- Early works to 1800 B PA Text Category: Classics of Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 172870 2025-08-01T10:35:26.537148 text/html 167723 2013-01-16T10:17:22 text/html; charset=us-ascii 52114 2013-01-16T10:18:04 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 107920 2025-08-01T10:35:31.310112 application/epub+zip 109218 2025-08-01T10:35:28.287129 application/epub+zip 109218 2025-08-01T10:35:27.159129 application/epub+zip 192538 2025-08-01T10:35:33.504111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180987 2025-08-01T10:35:30.650147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165072 2022-09-01T11:54:28.075048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145498 2025-08-01T10:35:26.057156 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145335 2008-09-21T10:40:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50080 2008-09-21T10:41:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19928 2025-08-01T10:35:33.667097 application/rdf+xml 8835 2025-08-01T10:35:27.698135 image/jpeg 2391 2025-08-01T10:35:27.451116 image/jpeg 103951 2025-08-01T10:35:26.550133 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia