Meno: -the ability to rule -desire for
good things -ability to attain them
Socrates: NO
Meno: How can you ask questions about
things you know nothing about?
Socrates: Knowledge is recollection
Brings slave boy in
Hypothesis: If virtue is knowledge, it
can be taught. -- no teachers
Interview with Anytus
Virtue cannot be taught agreement
Agree that humans are divine
Socrates conclusion: "Virtue comes to be
present by divine apportionment on those to
whom it comes."
Muddiest point: "Don't you think you need to go
back to the original question? Or do you think
someone knows what a part of virtue is, without
knowing what virtue is?" Page 11
Clearest point: "Well, I think, Socrates, that as the poet says, virtue is 'to
rejoice in things beautiful and be capable of them.' And that, I claim, is
virtue: desire for beautiful things and ability to attain them."