In response to the epistemological problem presented by Meno, Socrates offers another facet of Socratic philosophy and states his theory of anamnesis. Anamnesis, a Greek word, translated into English ...

Philosophers aren’t the only ones who love wisdom. Everyone, philosopher or not, loves her own wisdom: the wisdom she has or takes herself to have. What distinguishes the philosopher is loving the ...

Knowledge is justified true belief. That’s the classic definition from Plato. But what happens if when it comes to making practical decisions, justification is hard, incomplete and unreliable? Maybe ...

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The influence of the philosopher Socrates, especially as depicted in Plato’s dialogues, is virtually impossible to overestimate in Western intellectual life. His thoughts were foundational for Western ...

The Meno is one of Plato’s earlier Socratic dialogues, which seek to define the nature of virtue. The attempt here is to define virtue in general, or a definition that applies to all particular forms ...