A character in this work is described as like a stingray, which "benumbs whatever it touches," and that character flatters Anytus (ah-NEE-tuss) and argues that virtue cannot be taught.
One argument in this work refers to the essence of bees, and argues that "there are many kinds of bees" is an insufficient answer to "what is a bee?" This work claims that people who mend shoes would starve to death if they returned the shoes in worse shape instead of fixing them. Another section of this work discusses the definition of "figure", and it is hypothesized that "figure" is what follows (*) color, which is later replaced by the hypothesis that figure is the limit of a solid. A character in this work is described as like a stingray, which "benumbs whatever it touches," and that character flatters Anytus (ah-NEE-tuss) and argues that virtue cannot be taught. In this work, a boy re-creating the Pythagorean theorem is used to claim that all knowledge is recollection. For 10 points, name this Platonic dialogue named after an attractive soldier and student of Gorgias.
One argument in this work refers to the essence of bees, and argues that "there are many kinds of bees" is an insufficient answer to "what is a bee?
Meno