An analysis of Plato's Meno

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dc.contributor.advisorStauffer, Devin, 1970-en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPangle, Thomas Len
dc.creatorDuggan, Nicholas Jamesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-04T22:10:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:29:39Z
dc.date.available2016-03-04T22:10:21Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:29:39Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-16en
dc.date.submittedDec-15en
dc.date.updated2016-03-04T22:10:22Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis offers an analysis of Plato’s Meno, in which the Greek philosopher addresses more directly than in any other dialogue the character of human virtue. Believing that Plato has considerable guidance to offer us in respect to the question of what virtue is, I attempt to approach his writing with considerable care and attention to the details and the structure of the argument. I argue that the dialogue ultimately presents a complicated teaching about virtue’s character, and the way that virtue comes to be present, which ultimately culminates in the claim that virtue is knowledge – and in the thoughtful consideration of the alternatives to, and the nuances of, that claim.en
dc.description.departmentGovernmenten
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2J726en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/34040en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectPlatoen
dc.subjectMenoen
dc.subjectVirtueen
dc.subjectExcellenceen
dc.subjectPolitical theoryen
dc.subjectPolitical philosophyen
dc.subjectAncient philosophyen
dc.subjectGreek philosophyen
dc.subjectPhilosophyen
dc.titleAn analysis of Plato's Menoen
dc.typeThesisen

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