The Theory. of Recollection - part 3.
Socrates continues to pile on the absurdities, and Meno conntinues to behave like a Platonist, failing to react to any of the obvious inconsistencies. The immortal soul knows everything (having seen it all, thanks to living forever), but the human knows nothing (no reason is given - it's as if there's no connection between the mental activity of the soul and the mental activity of the human). The soul has all knowledge; the human has all ignorance, and there is no mention of opinion. The reason for this ridiculous account is given; it is to encourage Meno to return to the conversation, and "help Socrates" search for virtue. The eristic argument encourages laziness, but searching requires effort. The Platonist will continue to argue for some Theory of Ideas based on Phaedo rather than this account. I ignore Platonism in this episode as well.


Here I read through Platonic dialogues, translating and commenting on the Greek text as I go.

The resulting analyses may be found at:

https://theplatoparadigm.com