Meno by Plato "Learning As Recollection" In Meno by Plato, Socrates and Meno are involved in somewhat of a heated argument about virtue. ... A good example of this is the part of Meno when Socrates questions a slave boy about a geometry problem. ...
Plato, John D. ... In Plato's "The Meno" (1956), he proposes that learning is a process of recollecting knowledge brought about by prior experiences or questioning. ... Plato's "The Meno," emphasizes the idea of learning as a process of recollecting knowledge through questioning and discovery. "The Meno" is a dialogue between Socrates and a character named Meno, who discuss whether virtue can be taught. Socrates attempts to define virtue by questioning Meno, a person who claims to know the term's meaning. ...
The theory of recollection is told through Plato in the Phaedo and the Meno. ... "In his dialogue entitled the Meno, Plato illustrates how Socrates is able to show that even a young uneducated slave boy knows some truths of geometry not because somebody taught him that subject but because be naturally knows the relationship of various ideas to each other." ... In the Meno, Socrates states that the boy is "recovering by oneself knowledge within oneself." (Plato 85D) Knowledge in the Meno is perceived as having an acquaintance with the object, but not knowing how it functions. ... (C...
The theory of the forms is hinted at in previous books like the Meno but it isn't until the Phaedo before it is really introduced. ... Understanding the forms is what is most important for Plato. ... The idea of forms is vital to Plato's idea of immortal soul. ... The forms play a major role in Plato's basic ethical doctrine. ... I generally have to agree with Plato. ...
Some accredit Plato with the invention of philosophy, while A. ... This contrasts with Plato's initial postulation of a Demiurge. ... In the dialogue Meno Socrates attempts to demonstrate this argument using a slave boy with no previous knowledge of geometry. ... "6 This has become known as 'Meno's Paradox'. Plato used this argument as the basis for his doctrine on the Forms. ...
-(Plato's Republic, Book vii, 518) No scheme of human life was so important to Plato as education. ... Spartan Influence on Plato's Scheme of Education: In his scheme of education Plato was greatly influenced by Spartan system of education. ... Plato's Theory of Education: Plato sees in education the only true way to the permanent stability of the state. ... In this there is something of the theory of "Reminiscence" which was propounded by Plato in his dialogue, the Meno. ... Plato also felt the necessity of moral education. ...
Philosophers, for example Plato, were believers in Physis. ... Plato agrees with Parmenides in many ways. ... In this sense, Plato is too a rationalist (122). ... Parmenides started rationalism and Plato continued with his theme. ... Plato also agrees with Heraclitus, "about the world revealed to us through our senses (122)." ...
