Can Virtue Be Taught?

In this article, we will consider Plato's view that "understanding virtue is knowledge" understands "I can teach virtues". In my opinion, Plato believes strictly that "virtue is knowledge" and "virtue is the gift of God". "Can you tell me virtue?" This is what Plato tried to answer at Meno. This question is important as the answer is directly related to the way we understand and position education. Plato's reason for this question is related to his wise opposition.

Plato presented Socrates' view on several conversations, especially whether it is possible to teach virtue in Protagoras and Meno. In this way, Menomenon asks Socrates the following question: "Socrates - can you teach virtue, or is it otherwise achieved through practice? It is accomplished by teaching Does it essentially be obtained by people, or is it obtained in other ways? "Socrates insists that he" does not know the minimum thing about virtue "and that quality I can not say that I can argue. In addition, he insists that nobody knows this. . The next argument is whether Takayama people, Takayama's people might not be such people. Both Socrates and Menon know the teachings of Gorgius. Menon seems to have earned a higher evaluation about Gorgias teaching than Socrates. According to the Socrates' proposal it was agreed that the conversation should continue to explore Menon 's view, not Gorgia' s view on virtue. So Socrates asked Menon a question: "Do you think virtue is a hat?"

Meno is ready to conclude that he can teach virtue, but Socrates hesitates. If you can teach virtues, where is the teacher? When Socrates asked Athenas' famous Atenas, he suggested that sophisticated people should teach virtue. Anytus is angry because he believes that sophisticated people are the cornerstone of corruption. Instead he suggested that any gentleman of Athens was a teacher of virtue, but Socrates pointed out that many of the gentlemen in Athens reprimanded the son who did not teach virtue clearly. Even the great poet Theognis does not seem to know whether it is possible to teach virtues, and Socrates concluded that it is not a kind of knowledge even if it was a kind of wisdom.

Meno wants to return to the original question - whether it is possible to teach virtue - Socrates proposes two hypotheses to advance them. First, if virtue is a kind of knowledge, it can be taught; secondly, if there is something good in knowledge, then virtue is not a kind of knowledge. Socrates believes that nothing is good unless he believes that wisdom is all or part of wisdom. Meno is ready to conclude that he can teach virtue, but Socrates hesitates. If you can teach virtues, where is the teacher? When Socrates asked Athenas' famous Atenas, he suggested that sophisticated people should teach virtue. Anytus is angry because he believes that sophisticated people are the cornerstone of corruption. Instead he suggested that any gentleman in Athens was a teacher of virtue, but Socrates pointed out that many of the gentlemen in Athens reprimanded the sons who apparently did not teach virtue.