Monthly Archives: September 2013

This article had a lot of contradictions about it when comparing it to the reality of today. Mr. Emerson speaks about people not letting their occupation define them and to be in tuned with their soul. In reality individuals are … Continue reading →

In The American Scholar, the author explains the way he thinks the man could conquer the quest of being a man. He explains in his beliefs that man should not just be content with just witnessing the daily archives in … Continue reading →

There were some things about this article that I found myself agreeing with, but overall I found it impractical and a little out of touch with reality. Ralph Emerson encourages people to not let their occupation define them, and example … Continue reading →

In The American Scholar, Emerson describes the things that make a man a “scholar”. He distinguishes them as: the influence of nature, the influence of the past (and books), and action. He goes on to explain how there is no … Continue reading →

In Socrate’s discussion with Meno, Anytus joins.  Anytus makes the claim that the next generation becomes good by learning from the previous generation: their parents or grandparents.  Socrates points out that things don’t always turn out that way-Lysimachus turned out … Continue reading →

Socrates goes through a scientific inductive method to create the hypothesis: “If being good is a knowledge, then it can be taught to other people.” Later, he also comes up with the statement: the correct opinion is just as good … Continue reading →

      At the start of dialogue, Socrates and Meno are already discussing what virtue means. In their discussion Socrates mentions the Thessalians, a group of people from Greece known for their intellect, particularly Gorgias. Meno is a Thessalian, and … Continue reading →

I think that Plato and Socrates miss some key points as they have their discussion about whether or not being good can be taught. For one, Socrates keeps citing specific examples of good men failing to teach their sons how … Continue reading →

During the second section of Meno, Socrates is confronted with a difficult question where Meno asks  “How will you look for [virtue] when you do not know at all what it is?.” Socrates responds with a complex answer in which he … Continue reading →

Meno is being baffled by socrates once again, extremely baffled. Socrates states that the soul is eternal and has all the knowledge he could possibly learn, but one mustn’t be afraid to learn just because he doesn’t know. Socrates states … Continue reading →

In conclusion of the previous text, Meno felt baffled about what good is, feeling completely numb by none other then the numb fish, known as Socrates. Meno uses the description of a numb fish to describe Socrates, almost as an … Continue reading →

In the assigned section of reading from Meno, the discussion is concentrated around the question of learning being entirely a matter of “remembering.” This, of course coming up after Socrates quotes some famous priests of the day. He states that according … Continue reading →

In this short dialogue between Socrates and Meno, the main topic of discussion seems to be whether or not we, as humans, continue to “learn more,” as Meno puts it, or “remember,” as Socrates claims. Socrates is arguing that as … Continue reading →

The claim that the soul is eternal, first off, seems to be a relatively religious view of life. Socrates endorses this idea and does acknowledge that it comes from the priests and priestesses of his time. But the connection he makes between an eternal soul … Continue reading →

In this section of Meno, Socrates responds to Meno’s “numbfish” accusation. Socrates challenges Meno by asking what is wrong with searching for more knowledge when you do not know something. Meno argues that there is no possible way to seek knowledge … Continue reading →

In the introduction of this section, Meno attempts to answer Socrates’s question: What does it mean to be good? The claim that Meno makes towards the end is that being good is when a person aspires to obtain good things … Continue reading →

In this reading, Meno states that being could good mean something different for everybody since there are different types of people.  Through a serious of debate between socrates and meno,  the two come to an agreement that in fact, everybody … Continue reading →

I the beginning of the argument Meno asks the seemingly unanswerable question, that is, “Is being good something that can be taught?” I think it is very important to highlight the fact that he says being, rather than saying word becoming. My reasoning behind … Continue reading →

The section begins similarly to Socrates and Protagoras debating virtue. In this case however Socrates and Meno are simply discussing their views rather than trying to disprove one another.  Meno argues that every individual seeks their own virtue in their … Continue reading →