Mind map

Mind map

1. Socrates: What is virtue?

   • Meno: -the ability to rule -desire for good things -ability to attain them
     • Socrates: NO
       • Meno: How can you ask questions about things you know nothing about?
         • Socrates: Knowledge is recollection
           • Brings slave boy in
             • Hypothesis: If virtue is knowledge, it can be taught. -- no teachers
               • Interview with Anytus
                 • Virtue cannot be taught agreement
                   • Agree that humans are divine
                     • Socrates conclusion: "Virtue comes to be present by divine apportionment on those to whom it comes."
                       • Muddiest point: "Don't you think you need to go back to the original question? Or do you think someone knows what a part of virtue is, without knowing what virtue is?" Page 11
                         • Clearest point: "Well, I think, Socrates, that as the poet says, virtue is 'to rejoice in things beautiful and be capable of them.' And that, I claim, is virtue: desire for beautiful things and ability to attain them."