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Plato's argument from Meno: Virtue is a gift from God The central question in introducing this excerpt from the Plato dialogue is whether it is possible to teach virtues. For Plato, virtue is the power or harmonious soul or personality whose ownership leads to actions to ensure their good and benefits. Therefore, the natural assumption of Plato is that virtue is knowledge. The specific function is only profitable under the guidance of knowledge. For example, courage and wealth without wisdom are harmful, but it is beneficial when brave and wealthy people are wise. 1) Assume that virtue is knowledge. 2) No one was born with this knowledge. 3) Therefore, assuming that virtue is knowledge, if there is at least one good person in the world, that person will be taught virtue. 4) If someone is taught virtue, there is at least one virtue teacher. 5) There is no moral teacher. 6) Therefore, no one taught virtue. (4, 5) 7) Therefore, assume that virtue is knowledge and no one is a gentle person. (3, 6) 8) However, there are good people in the world. 9) Therefore, virtue must abandon the assumption that it is knowledge. (In other words, the hypothesis that we started was that morality is knowledge and that no one is good at it.This is obviously wrong, so abandon the hypothesis that led to this erroneous conclusion It is not knowledge, no one has been taught virtue, but when you are with gentle people, virtue should not be taught. 11) Kind people are not led by knowledge but must be led by true faith. 12) Truly ethical people must undergo regular guidance from true faith. 13) The difference between knowledge and belief is that there is a reason to believe it if there is something someone needs to know about something. 14) The only way to have true faith regularly without a justifiable reason is that she is sacred. 15) The people of God are blessed with gods. 16) Therefore good is only the reason that they are blessed with God. Why is there no virtue teacher? (1) If you want to learn flute, you go to those who insist on teaching the flute. (2) By analogy, if you want to learn virtue, you go to the people who claim to teach virtue. (3) The people who teach virtue are not good at themselves. (4) If you do not have this ability, you can not teach others the ability to reasonably manage the behavior of others. (5) Therefore, those who profess as teaching virtue do not actually teach virtues.

From the eyes of many people, virtues can be easily defined as general moral superiority, but the problem posed by Plato 's menor is whether morals can really teach. In Plano's Meno, Meno first asked whether Socrates could teach virtue, or whether it could not be obtained, but it can be obtained naturally or in other ways. Socrates insisted that he did not even know what virtue was, so he could not teach it himself. Then he asked Men to try to describe him with virtue. Meno said virtue is the desire for money and health and other good things and has the ability to acquire them. He also said that virtue is wisdom and courage, but Socrates is not satisfied with the definition of Meno. Socrates asked how men can teach virtues if he could not give him a clear definition of virtue.

The main purpose of Plato's Menor is to explore the nature of virtue. So, so-called student Meno who acted as usual like Socrates and Plato's mouthpiece tried to answer the question "What is virtue?" They were initially unable to understand what inspired them to ask whether Meno should even think that answers are possible due to that virtue. The problem is how do you find things like virtues when you do not know what you are looking for? If you already know what it is, you do not need to find it; however, if you do not know what it is, how do you know when you find it? The problem of finding something's definition is called the "paradox of investigation".

In the dialogue of Plato's "Meno", Meno came to Socrates, the question of "Can you teach virtue?" Is born. Through Plato's questions, they are asked to conclude that they can not teach virtue and they will not be born. The key channel for this argument is 86c - 96d. In this sentence, we will try to define not only virtue but also content that includes virtue and inclusion. After establishing this Socrates, I tried to find a moral teacher in society. In this particular discussion, it is that the idea that virtue can be taught is unreliable.