Abstract
The heristic argument with which Meno questions the possibility of inquiry and knowledge is tackled by Socrates through the reference to an archaic and religious doctrine, according to which the soul is immortal and has seen all things. Through this reference Socrates actually wants to affirm the affinity between the soul and the world of forms. So behind the myth of the prenatal vision of forms by the soul Plato intends to assert the ontological condition of the soul, that is, its affinity to forms.
Highlights
L’esito fallimentare dell’indagine inscenata nella prima parte del Menone intorno alla ἀρετή[1] e alle sue modalità di acquisizione viene icasticamente espresso dall’interlocutore di Socrate per mezzo della formulazione del celebre “paradosso della ricerca”
The heristic argument with which Meno questions the possibility of inquiry and knowledge is tackled by Socrates through the reference to an archaic and religious doctrine, according to which the soul is immortal and has seen all things
Through this reference Socrates wants to affirm the affinity between the soul and the world of forms
Summary
605: “En effet la fonction réelle du discours des prêtres est différent. Ce discours sert en fait à présenter, en l’enveloppant dans un contexte religieux, l’idée de connaissance prénatale. Le discours des prêtres n’a pour fonction que d’ouvrir le champ de la recherche et de l’investigation”
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