PHL100Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter All: Eristic
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70-79d: the problem of defining virtue, and definition in general. Guide questions on the meno sections 1&2 (week 5): Socrates asks: "how can i know a property of something when i don"t even know what it is?" (71b). This question arises from meno"s initial question to socrates asking him if virtue can be taught. As socrates tries to build an answer, he first acknowledges that he will be unable to answer if it can be taught, if he doesn"t answer first what it is. Socrates means that virtue has to be defined first before considering other questions about virtue. He illustrates it by saying that someone cannot know meno to be something without first knowing who meno is. There is a virtue for every action and every age, for every task of ours and for every one of us. a. To be able to rule over men. a. There are many other virtues, such as courage and moderation. a.
