Meno

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Socratic dialogue philosophical work

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

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Socratic dialogue ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
addressesAudience	students of philosophy ⓘ
approximateDateWritten	4th century BCE ⓘ
asksWhether	virtue is acquired by practice ⓘ virtue is acquired by teaching ⓘ virtue is innate ⓘ
author	Plato ⓘ
centralQuestion	Can virtue be taught? ⓘ What is virtue? ⓘ
centralTheme	virtue ⓘ
concludesThat	virtue comes by divine dispensation (tentatively) ⓘ
containsArgument	Meno self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Meno’s paradox
containsDoctrine	theory of recollection ⓘ
demonstrates	geometrical proof with a slave boy ⓘ
dialogueForm	question-and-answer ⓘ
dialogueStyle	aporetic ⓘ
discusses	distinction between knowledge and true belief ⓘ
exploresConcept	definition of virtue ⓘ knowledge ⓘ paradox of inquiry ⓘ recollection ⓘ teachability of virtue ⓘ true belief ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Anytus ⓘ a slave boy ⓘ
genre	ethical dialogue ⓘ
hasTitleInGreek	Μένων ⓘ
historicalContext	classical Athens ⓘ
influenced	Western ethics ⓘ epistemology ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainCharacter	Meno self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Meno (character) Socrates ⓘ
namedAfter	Meno self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Meno (Thessalian nobleman)
partOf	Platonic corpus ⓘ
period	early Platonic dialogue ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ
philosophicalMethod	Socratic method ⓘ elenchus ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Platonism ⓘ
relatedWork	Gorgias ⓘ Phaedo ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ
settingLocation	Athens ⓘ

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

Meno → containsArgument → Meno self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meno’s paradox

Socratic dialogues of Plato → featuresCharacter → Meno ⓘ

School of Socrates → hasMember → Meno ⓘ

Middle dialogues of Plato → hasPart → Meno ⓘ

Socratic dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Meno ⓘ

Meno → mainCharacter → Meno self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meno (character)

Meno → namedAfter → Meno self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meno (Thessalian nobleman)

Plato → notableWork → Meno ⓘ