Dialogue

 1  Meno|    other knowledge has given an equal stimulus to the mind. It
 2  Meno|   sceptical and ideal in almost equal degrees. Neither they nor
 3  Meno|     figure has these four lines equal?~BOY: Certainly.~SOCRATES:
 4  Meno|   middle of the square are also equal?~BOY: Yes.~SOCRATES: A square
 5  Meno|      having like this the lines equal?~BOY: Yes.~SOCRATES: And
 6  Meno|         oblong, but of a figure equal every way, and twice the
 7  Meno|        figure, each of which is equal to the figure of four feet?~
 8  Meno|        now I add another square equal to the former one?~BOY:
 9  Meno| SOCRATES: And a third, which is equal to either of them?~BOY:
10  Meno|      Here, then, there are four equal spaces?~BOY: Yes.~SOCRATES:
11  Meno|         are there not here four equal lines which contain this