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Meno

428? BCE-348? BCE Plato · Benjamin Jowett

FormatEbook
Published1999
Words22,185
LanguageEnglish
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Plato's *Meno* is a Socratic dialogue examining whether virtue can be taught, and it introduces the theory of recollection through a demonstration in which Socrates guides an untutored slave boy to a geometric proof. It suits students of philosophy and readers interested in ethics and epistemology.

428? BCE-348? BCE Plato

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher active in the 4th and 5th centuries BCE, who wrote philosophical dialogues. He is known for founding the Academy in Athens and for foundational contributions to Western philosophy, including works on ethics, politics, and metaphysics.

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