Sunday, October 12, 2008

Can virtue be taught?

Menon asks Socrates, "Can virtue be taught?" in one of the famous dialogues presented by Plato about Socrates. Socrates and Menon proceed to first define what a virtue is and then they investigate if it can be taught.

Here is a very good summary of the dialogue. The complete text can be found in the book 'Great dialogues of Plato'.

http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/pmpl99/fragments/platovirtue.html

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