Throughout life, many are presented with questions, some questions are to gain insights, some questions are to gain knowledge, and some questions are asked to expand the intellect. Whereas, not knowing the difference will hinder one's knowledge, and determining how information is perceived, will be based upon how information is received by the use of intellect, insight, and, knowledge. Given that intellect is parallel to insight, but distinct this seems to be an underlying issue. In Plato’s Meno, he is in search for the answer from Socrates “Whether virtue is something teachable?”(70A). This is the main quest of Meno, but Meno’s desire is bound by his knowledge, insights, and intellect. Exploring the parallels of each will determine how information can be perceived.
Examining the concepts, starting with knowledge, it is defined as information acquired by experience or education. Thus, this could be examined as everyone as having knowledge because everyone who has lived has some type of experience even if they have no education. Further, insight would be considered as the sight or observation of something that is seen, and intellect would be considered thinking, reasoning, and conceptually understanding. Given the attributes of the…show more content… Socrates who is an intellectual individual is willing to help Meno, but Meno hinders his ability to learn based on his own beliefs and insights. Socrates will walk Meno through his question thoroughly and he specifically begins stating that in order to find out if virtue is teachable you must first define what virtue is. Hence, Socrates is clearly not looking for the basic definition of virtue; he is looking for equivalence of the definition and the act of virtue. Meno’s rhetoric behaviors are displayed by his unwillingness, and gratitude, not to believe in anything else but what he
