1. Meno and The Conformist
Like Meno, of Meno, Clerici would fail, a victim of his own desire to learn only "correct opinions" to guide his actions and unwillingness to exercise his "prudence," practical reason to help him understand the "correct opinions" more dynamically. ... Over the course of the movie, it became apparent that Clerici's next cause of failure entailed the motivation of his actions by other peoples' norms. ... Such mirrored the failure of Meno, in Plato's Meno, whose downfall was also in part due to his desire to learn only "correct opinions" to g...
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