ABSTRACT
Plato, the famed Greek philosopher, wrote a series of dialogues, most of which feature his teacher Socrates. Plato responded to Socratic teaching not, as one might suppose, by being intimidated but by becoming the greatest of philosophical writers. Socrates himself was eventually found guilty of impiety and put to death by the Athenian democracy. The Meno serves as an excellent introduction to Plato's philosophy, combining many Platonic themes in accessible form. Indeed, one noted scholar referred to the Meno as "a microcosm of the whole series of Plato's dialogues". However, the immortality of the soul as well as other positive doctrines concerning knowledge and the structure of the world appear Platonic rather than Socratic in origin. Socrates raised difficulties with them, Plato offered further responses, and soon he had joined his teacher in the search for wisdom. When Socrates raised difficulties with them, Plato offered further responses, and soon he had joined his teacher in the search for wisdom.
