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Classical Greece generated a variety of philosophical schools of thought, including the sophists and the physical, that influenced each other to some degree. The most famous to come from Classical Greece was Socrates and his dialectic approach to the question of the nature of things. Comparatively, Socrates is the most similar to the sophists because, in likeness to a sophist, he often stumps and humiliates the person who he is conversing with and does not seek the truth despite claiming...
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The Meno dialogue is a shift from the previous interests of Plato and Socrates on virtues and their particular features: Euthyphro, to an epistemological inquiry of what is the essence of virtues and what can we learn about them. The dialogue starts with an ethical dispute between Socrates and Meno - a young Thessalian aristocrat, on what is a “virtue” and is teachable to others. The discussion later shifts to what is known as Meno’s Paradox of Enquiry - an...
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One of the founding documents of Western philosophy, Plato’s Meno recounts a dialog on the nature of virtue between Socrates and his pupil Meno, a rising star among the leaders of ancient Greece. They discuss how virtue can be recognized, where it comes from, and whether it can be taught. Plato, Socrates’s most famous student, wrote down his recollection of the conversation. It offers a clear picture of Socrates’s method of thinking on difficult topics, and it highlights Socrates’s quick...
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