Platonic Paradox

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February 13, 2015

 

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Meno lists what he thinks are virtuous qualities, and is content at that simple definition. Socrates then says: "I seem to be in luck, Meno, while I am looking for one virtue, I have found you to have a whole swarm of them." Meno's frustration begins to set in. He tries theatrical metaphor to define virtue, as well as relating to physical philosophy and philosophers such as Empedocles...
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He tries theatrical metaphor to define virtue, as well as relating to physical philosophy and philosophers such as Empedocles. Meno at this point gives up and hands the philosophy to Socrates. Socrates presents Meno with a paradox: "....He cannot search for what (a debater) knows- since he knows it, there is no need to search- nor for what he does not know, for he does not know what to look for...
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