Meno
PlatoThe dialogue that introduced a priori knowledge to Western philosophy.
Why It's Lindy
The dialogue that introduced a priori knowledge to Western philosophy. Socrates demonstrates that an uneducated slave boy already "knows" geometry — it just needs to be drawn out. The Socratic method at its purest. Every debate about education, talent versus training, and what understanding actually is begins in this single conversation.
About This Volume
A short dialogue in which Socrates and the ambitious young politician Meno investigate whether virtue can be taught — and whether we ever truly learn anything new, or only recollect what the soul already knows.
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Why should I read Meno?
The dialogue that introduced a priori knowledge to Western philosophy. Socrates demonstrates that an uneducated slave boy already "knows" geometry — it just needs to be drawn out. The Socratic method at its purest. Every debate about education, talent versus training, and what understanding actually is begins in this single conversation.
What is Meno about?
A short dialogue in which Socrates and the ambitious young politician Meno investigate whether virtue can be taught — and whether we ever truly learn anything new, or only recollect what the soul already knows.
