What Plato Dramatized
Correct opinion (orthē doxa) and knowledge (epistēmē) are slightly distinguished by me, if not by th
Meno wonders why people regard knowledge as so much more valuable than opinion, given that correct o
The infamous road to Larissa argument supporting the notion that orthodoxy (correct opinion) is as b
Socrates tests Meno's ability to remember or "recollect" previous arguments in the conversation, but
Socrates having established that there are no teachers or students of virtue, Meno wonders whether t
Socrates finally concludes his argument demonstrating that neither sophists nor the "fine and good"
Socrates concludes his quotations from Theognis, overtly to demonstrate that even an individual can
Socrates carries on the discussion about teachers of virtue by returning to the question whether vir
Socrates continues interrogating Meno about virtue being something teachable. Having agreed that vir
Anytus has just left, and Socrates and Meno are now free to say what they like about him. Socrates c
Anytus leaves with a scarcely veiled threat that Socrates will get himself into trouble if he keeps
Socrates demonstrates to Anytus inductively that that virtue of the Athenian citizen qua Athenian ci
Socrates begins to test Anytus' claim that any decent Athenian citizen can teach his own virtue (are
Anytus claims that decent ("fine and good") Athenians learn their virtue from earlier decent Athenia
Anytus rejects sophists as teachers of his arete, and points instead to decent Athenian citizens, an
It turns out that Anytus has no experience of sophists yet dislikes them all the same. Prompted by S
Socrates effectively points out to Anytus that objecting to the sophists does not follow from the cr
Anytus is shocked to discover that Socrates thinks sophists are the people Meno should be sent to in
Socrates has manoeuvred Anytus into agreeing that they should be looking for someone who claims to b
Socrates suggests two criteria required to determine who are teachers worth sending Meno to. Anytus
