Dialogue

 1  Meno|        defines virtue to be ‘the power of command.’ But to this,
 2  Meno|       those who command; and the power of command must be justly
 3  Meno|      honourable, and to have the power of getting them.’ This is
 4  Meno|     contained in the words, ‘the power of getting them.’ ‘And they
 5  Meno|       stand thus: ‘Virtue is the power of getting good with justice.’
 6  Meno|     definition of virtue as ‘the power and desire of attaining
 7  Meno| unconsciously fallen under their power.~The account of the Platonic
 8  Meno|           but that virtue is the power of governing mankind.~SOCRATES:
 9  Meno| according to you, virtue is ‘the power of governing;’ but do you
10  Meno|        things honourable and the power of attaining them.’~SOCRATES:
11  Meno|         virtue is the desire and power of attaining good?~MENO:
12  Meno|         he must be better in the power of attaining it?~MENO: Exactly.~
13  Meno|    virtue would appear to be the power of attaining good?~MENO:
14  Meno|          affirm virtue to be the power of attaining goods?~MENO:
15  Meno|        great king, virtue is the power of getting silver and gold;
16  Meno|       tell me that virtue is the power of attaining good justly,
17  Meno|      your appearance and in your power over others to be very like
18  Meno|          you to the utmost of my power. Suppose that you call one
19  Meno|      advances he has made in his power of recollection? He did
20  Meno|        deed, to the utmost of my power.~MENO: There again, Socrates,