Dialogue

 1  Meno|    Greek gentleman, and in the words of a poet, ‘that virtue
 2  Meno| definition is contained in the words, ‘the power of getting them.’ ‘
 3  Meno|      cannot always be given in words. A person may have some
 4  Meno|      The fallacy of the latter words is transparent. And Socrates
 5  Meno|     also be gathered from the ‘words of priests and priestesses:’ (
 6  Meno|       indicated by his parting words. Perhaps Plato may have
 7  Meno|    speaks in the Phaedo of the words with which he has comforted
 8  Meno|    quickening into life of old words and notions latent in the
 9  Meno|       the transposition of two words. For objects of sense he
10  Meno|        or extremity?—all which words I use in the same sense,
11  Meno|        or another, or in other words the want of them, may be
12  Meno|     now, and see whether their words are true—they say that the
13  Meno|    There again, Socrates, your words seem to me excellent.~SOCRATES:
14  Meno|     out, judging from your own words, how, if you are not acquainted