Dialogue

 1  Meno|       given this specimen of the true nature of teaching, the
 2  Meno|       attained—that ‘there is no true education among us.’~There
 3  Meno|  overlooked. Even if there be no true knowledge, as is proved
 4  Meno|    supernatural or divine is the true basis of human life. To
 5  Meno|       but not science. This is a true fact of psychology, which
 6  Meno| pre-existence is combined with a true but partial view of the
 7  Meno|       and priestesses:’ (1) that true knowledge is a knowledge
 8  Meno|          popular teacher and the true philosopher. He seems, like
 9  Meno|          the manner in which the true teacher may draw out the
10  Meno|          her mansions is exactly true, but he ‘ventures to think
11  Meno|         something of the kind is true.’ And in the Meno, after
12  Meno|        something of the kind was true.’ It is the spirit, not
13  Meno|   imparted to him because God is true (compare Republic). It has
14  Meno|       Plato, insists that God is true and incapable of deception (
15  Meno|       their predecessors had any true conception of language or
16  Meno|     think much alike.~MENO: Very true.~SOCRATES: Then as he is
17  Meno|        SOCRATES: And is not this true of size and strength? If
18  Meno|    temperance and justice?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And can either
19  Meno|       than the round?~MENO: Very true.~SOCRATES: To what then
20  Meno|        small or too large?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And there is
21  Meno|   similar phenomena.~MENO: Quite true.~SOCRATES: The answer, Meno,
22  Meno|   another in that respect?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And if one man
23  Meno|          whether what you say is true from another point of view;
24  Meno|         be equally virtue?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: Then the acquisition
25  Meno|          whether their words are true—they say that the soul of
26  Meno|          me that what you say is true, I wish that you would.~
27  Meno|        the line is double.~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: Observe him while
28  Meno|        figure of four feet?~BOY: True.~SOCRATES: And is not that
29  Meno|         four times as much.~BOY: True.~SOCRATES: Four times four
30  Meno|     fancies that he knows.~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: Is he not better
31  Meno|        have a double side.~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: But do you suppose
32  Meno|          you will remember.~BOY: True.~SOCRATES: And does not
33  Meno|           he did not know?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: But still he
34  Meno|          not know may still have true notions of that which he
35  Meno|       him is recollection?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And this knowledge
36  Meno|        if there have been always true thoughts in him, both at
37  Meno|       virtue is knowledge?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And virtue makes
38  Meno|        we call profitable?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And yet these
39  Meno|      sense he is profited?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And the same
40  Meno|          are hurtful?~MENO: Very true.~SOCRATES: And in general,
41  Meno|         MENO: That appears to be true.~SOCRATES: If then virtue
42  Meno|       and harmed by folly?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And the wise
43  Meno|          is not this universally true of human nature? All other
44  Meno|        saying, Socrates, is very true.~SOCRATES: But if this is
45  Meno|         SOCRATES: But if this is true, then the good are not by
46  Meno| incapable of being taught?~MENO: True; but do you think that there
47  Meno|         they are teachers in any true sense whose ideas are in
48  Meno|          MENO: That, I think, is true.~SOCRATES: Then virtue cannot
49  Meno|          useful only if they are true guides to us of action—there
50  Meno|       SOCRATES: And while he has true opinion about that which
51  Meno|          Exactly.~SOCRATES: Then true opinion is as good a guide
52  Meno|        also right opinion.~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: Then right opinion
53  Meno|    illustration of the nature of true opinions: while they abide
54  Meno|    honourable and excellent than true opinion, because fastened
55  Meno|      that knowledge differs from true opinion is no matter of
56  Meno|        also right in saying that true opinion leading the way
57  Meno|         who has knowledge?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: And surely the
58  Meno|          no teachers, not?~MENO: True.~SOCRATES: But surely we
59  Meno|         guides are knowledge and true opinion—these are the guides
60  Meno|        but the guides of man are true opinion and knowledge.~MENO:
61  Meno|           MENO: That is probably true, Socrates.~SOCRATES: But