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Meno

Meno (/ˈmiːnoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Μένων, Ménōn) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 385 BC, but set at an earlier date around 402 BC. Meno begins the dialogue by asking Socrates whether virtue (in Ancient Greek: ἀρετή, aretē) can be taught, acquired by practice, or comes by nature. In order to determine whether virtue is teachable or not…

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Meno

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Triples99
Avg. degree1.96
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related to Texts and translations · 20
Meno → Benjamin, Cambridge, Cathal, Harvard University Press, Internet Classics Archive, ISBN, Lamb, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, MA, Perseus Project, Plato, Plato's Dialogues, Project Gutenberg, SSRN, Standard EbooksJowett, Twelve Volumes, Wikisource-logo, Woods
related to External links · 17
Meno → ClassroomMeno, Contretemps, Early, Geometry, Guide, Internet Encyclopedia, LibriVoxPlato's Meno, MenoPlato's Meno, Middle DialoguesGuides, Philosophy, Plato's Dialogues, Plato's Meno, SlaveMeno, Socrates' Interrogation, Socratic Dialogues, Standard EbooksApproaching Plato, Visual Representation
related to Sources · 15
Meno → Chapel Hill, Commentary, Day, Focus, Introduction, ISBN, Jacob, Jane, Klein, March, North Carolina Press, Plato's Meno, Psychology Press, Retrieved, University
related to Anytus · 12
Meno → Anthemion, Anytus, Aristides, Coincidentally Anytus, He, Pericles, Socrates, Socrates's, The, Themistocles, They, Thucydides
related to Characters · 12
Meno → Athens, Early, Gorgias, Meno's, Menon, One, Plato's Meno, Socrates, Socrates's, Socratic, Thessaly, Young
related to True belief and knowledge · 8
Meno → After, Anytus, He, Myles Burnyeat, Socrates, Socrates's, True, Whether Plato
related to Introduction of virtue · 7
Meno → Gorgias, He, Her, Socrates, Sophist, The, Virtue
related to Meno and Protagoras · 5
Meno → Likewise, Meno's, Plato, Protagoras, Socrates
related to Meno's paradox · 2
Meno → Meno's, Socrates
is a · 1
Meno → Socratic dialogue in which the two main speakers

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socrates virtue knowledge whether dialogue slave one true anytus meno's know belief recollection question must taught socratic suggests plato anamnesis

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Menois aSocratic dialogue in which the two main speakers0.90text
Menorelated to AnytusSocrates0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusThey0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusCoincidentally Anytus0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusAnthemion0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusHe0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusAnytus0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusThemistocles0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusAristides0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusPericles0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusThucydides0.60section
Menorelated to AnytusThe0.60section

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