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COLLOQUIUM 4 THE METHOD OF HYPOTHESIS IN THE MENO HUGH H. BENSON The Meno has long been considered a transitional Platonic dialogue. Indeed, Gregory Vlastos once maintained that he could identify the precise point in the dialogues where the historical Socrates (interpreted by Plato) gave off and Plato (on his own) began-Meno SOd-e. I am less sanguine than I once was about this historical and developmental claim. But that the Meno marks a break with the so-called elenctic dialogues appears secure.' At Meno SOd-e, Plato has first Meno and then Socrates pose a challenge that the readers of the elenctic dialogues have been wanting to pose for some time. For Socrates' immediate goal in those dialogues is eliminating the interlocutor's false conceit of knowledge. 2 And yet, it is clear that Socrates' purpose in eliminating the interlocutor's false conceit is to encourage the interlocutor to seek the knowledge he has been shown to lack. 3 But how is such a search to take place given Socrates' repeated claims to be ignorant as well? Socrates' only explicit recommendation is that one should seek out someone who knows and learn from him. But if no one with the requisite knowledge
Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy Online – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2003
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