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Apr 5, 2024 · 14m

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Socrates finally concludes his argument demonstrating that neither sophists nor the "fine and good" think that virtue is something teachable. The number of times he asks Meno versions of this...

Socrates finally concludes his argument demonstrating that neither sophists nor the "fine and good" think that virtue is something teachable. The number of times he asks Meno versions of this question throughout the argument suggests that Socrates would have liked Meno to notice one of the many problems in the argument. After completing the argument, we return to a consideration of the Theognis interlude, which turns out to have been not only redundant but actually unhelpful to Socrates' argument, since virtue is seen to be teachable in certain circumstances.

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