Μένων

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Platonic dialogue Socratic dialogue philosophical work

Μένων is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught.

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Label	Occurrences
Μένων canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Platonic dialogue ⓘ Socratic dialogue ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
alternativeClassification	transitional Platonic dialogue ⓘ
asksQuestion	whether virtue is natural, taught, or acquired otherwise ⓘ
author	Plato ⓘ
centralQuestion	Can virtue be taught? ⓘ What is virtue? ⓘ
containsExample	geometrical proof with a slave boy ⓘ
demonstratesMethod	Socratic method ⓘ surface form: Socratic elenchus maieutic method ⓘ
dialogueForm	question-and-answer ⓘ
exploresConcept	distinction between knowledge and true belief ⓘ knowledge as true belief with an account ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Anytus ⓘ Meno ⓘ Socrates ⓘ a slave boy ⓘ
genre	philosophical dialogue ⓘ
hasCharacterRole	Anytus as political figure ⓘ Meno as questioning student ⓘ Socrates as main interlocutor ⓘ
influenced	later epistemology ⓘ later ethical theory ⓘ
introducesConcept	the paradox of inquiry ⓘ the theory of recollection ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme	teachability of virtue ⓘ virtue ⓘ
partOf	Platonic corpus ⓘ
period	Classical Greece ⓘ
philosophicalPositionDiscussed	virtue as a kind of knowledge ⓘ virtue as divine gift ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Platonism ⓘ
philosophicalTopic	epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ theory of recollection ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Γοργίας ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ surface form: Πρωταγόρας Φαίδων ⓘ
settingLocation	Athens ⓘ
titleInEnglish	Meno ⓘ
titleInGreek	Μένων self-link ⓘ
titleInLatin	Meno ⓘ
traditionallyClassifiedAs	early Platonic dialogue ⓘ
traditionallyDatedToCentury	4th century BCE ⓘ

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Subject: Μένων
Description of subject: Μένων is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meno → hasTitleInGreek → Μένων ⓘ

Μένων → titleInGreek → Μένων self-link ⓘ