Dialogue

 1  Meno|     when they could have been acquired in this life, and therefore
 2  Meno|   Socrates, whether virtue is acquired by teaching or by practice;
 3  Meno| whether virtue was natural or acquired, he would laugh in your
 4  Meno|       much less whether it is acquired by teaching or not.’ And
 5  Meno|       must he not either have acquired or always possessed?~MENO:
 6  Meno|      have known; or if he has acquired the knowledge he could not
 7  Meno|   knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless
 8  Meno|   wise father, Anthemion, who acquired his wealth, not by accident
 9  Meno|     given to man by nature or acquired by him—(do you imagine either
10  Meno|    question whether virtue is acquired by teaching?~MENO: Yes.~
11  Meno| virtue is neither natural nor acquired, but an instinct given by