Plato's finest dramatic work, an entertaining tale of goodness and
knowledge
Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good,
Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible of all
of Plato's dialogues. Widely regarded as his finest dramatic work, the
Protagoras, set during the golden age of Pericles, pits a youthful
Socrates against the revered sophist Protagoras, whose brilliance and
humanity make him one the most interesting and likeable of Socrates'
philosophical opponents, and turns their encounter into a genuine and
lively battle of minds. The Meno sees an older but ever ironic Socrates
humbling a proud young aristocrat as they search for a clear
understanding of what it is to be a good man, and setting out the
startling idea that all human learning may be the recovery of knowledge
already possessed by our immortal souls.
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