Project Gutenberg 2011-01-08 Public domain in the USA. 55 Plato -428 -348 Πλάτων Papantoniou, Ch. Παπαντωνίου, Χαρίλαος Papantoniou, Charilaos Μένων Meno Produced by Sophia Canoni. Book provided by Iason Konstantinides "Μένων" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written in the late 5th century BC. The work primarily features Socrates and his conversation with Meno, wherein they explore the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught or if it is an innate quality. This exploration delves into fundamental questions about knowledge, understanding, and moral philosophy, establishing a critical foundation for subsequent discussions on ethics. At the start of the dialogue, Meno asks Socrates whether virtue can be taught or if it is acquired through practice or is inherent by nature. Socrates admits his own ignorance about the essence of virtue and proposes they investigate the concept together. The conversation evolves as they examine various definitions of virtue, with Meno suggesting different forms tailored to men, women, and different types of roles. This leads to a deeper inquiry into whether all virtues share a common essence or substance, and the discussion remains focused on understanding virtue's fundamental nature rather than arriving at a definitive conclusion in this opening segment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) el Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Virtue -- Early works to 1800 B PA Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 212827 212737 2024-09-14T14:13:06.702597 2023-09-15T08:53:41.170708 text/html text/html 212820 212730 2024-09-14T14:13:06.904600 2023-09-15T08:53:41.334709 text/html text/html 87725 2024-09-14T14:13:11.936565 application/epub+zip 89678 2024-09-14T14:13:08.210581 application/epub+zip 89678 2024-09-14T14:13:07.407562 application/epub+zip 202566 2024-09-14T14:13:14.085584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183888 2024-09-14T14:13:11.302577 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184072 2022-09-16T05:45:38.903604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175551 2024-09-14T14:13:06.448590 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 175431 2011-01-08T11:15:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 44971 2011-01-08T11:15:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17760 2024-09-14T14:13:14.308529 application/rdf+xml 8483 2024-09-14T14:13:07.749578 image/jpeg 2488 2024-09-14T14:13:07.576561 image/jpeg 87415 2024-09-14T14:13:06.922599 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 en.wikipedia