Project Gutenberg 2008-07-09 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 73 Unknown The Second Story of Meno A Continuation of Socrates' Dialogue with Meno in Which the Boy Proves Root 2 is Irrational "The Second Story of Meno" by Unknown is a philosophical dialogue likely written during the classical period of ancient Greece. This work serves as an extension of the earlier "Meno," traditionally attributed to Plato, and delves into mathematical concepts, particularly the irrationality of the square root of two. The dialogue features Socrates and Meno as they engage in a conversation aimed at demonstrating how a young boy can arrive at profound mathematical truths through guided questioning and logical reasoning. In this continuation, Socrates aims to prove that the square root of two is irrational, utilizing a boy who had previously shown promise in understanding geometric concepts. Through a method of questioning, Socrates leads the boy to explore various groups of rational numbers, systematically eliminating all but the possibility of the square root of two being a rational number. The boy articulates his reasoning, culminating in the realization that the square root of two cannot be expressed as the ratio of two whole numbers, which successfully earns him his freedom and a reward. The dialogue emphasizes the importance of critical thinking, the process of learning through questioning, and the value of intellectual discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mathematics QA Text Browsing: Mathematics Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Science - General 67916 67925 2024-09-01T04:53:57.556268 2023-10-01T04:44:31.277699 text/html text/html 67909 67918 2024-09-01T04:53:57.707294 2023-10-01T04:44:31.408705 text/html text/html 67230 2024-09-01T04:54:00.881257 application/epub+zip 66225 2024-09-01T04:53:58.861279 application/epub+zip 66225 2024-09-01T04:53:58.124279 application/epub+zip 139013 2024-09-01T04:54:02.425285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131397 2024-09-01T04:54:00.421270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 158335 2022-09-01T05:04:06.630166 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54487 54515 2024-09-01T04:53:57.384276 2023-10-01T04:44:31.126699 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 55952 2008-07-06T10:59:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19481 2008-07-06T11:01:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17300 2024-09-01T04:54:02.552257 application/rdf+xml 13276 2024-09-01T04:53:58.464273 image/jpeg 3998 2024-09-01T04:53:58.291270 image/jpeg 68218 2024-09-01T04:53:57.714269 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Anonymous