Meno - Plato

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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/785523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meno Author: Plato Narrator: Stacey M. Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 33 minutes Release date: May 20, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Meno  is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Meno begins the dialogue by asking Socrates whether virtue is taught, acquired by practice, or comes by nature. In order to determine whether virtue is teachable or not, Socrates tells Meno that they first need to determine what virtue is. When the characters speak of virtue, or rather arete, they refer to virtue in general, rather than particular virtues, such as justice or temperance. The first part of the work showcases Socratic dialectical style; Meno, unable to adequately define virtue, is reduced to confusion or aporia. Socrates suggests that they seek an adequate definition for virtue together. In response, Meno suggests that it is impossible to seek what one does not know, because one will be unable to determine whether one has found it.

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