Virtue, what is it? Meno debated whether virtue is achieved through teaching, or instead by practice, or rather obtained by one's birth (58). Thus, he asks Socrates what he believes how virtue is acquired. While Socrates is looking for the meaning of one virtue, Meno is ... knowledge (71). Thus, the immortal soul is able to recollect all things before, including virtue. To support his argument, Socrates asks one of Meno's slaves who had never been taught geometry. He gives a series of geometrical problems and asks the slave to work them out and answer the questions. The slave arrives at the ...

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