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This 8 page paper considers Socrates as the mentor of Plato, and discusses the paradox of learning as reflected in Meno. Bibliography lists 2 sources. .
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Plato, in his writings, often collectively called the dialogues, wanted to discover the unity within the diversity of experience. He
attempted to abstract from the chaos and movement of the sensory world, a universe where all is ordered, arranged, and organized. Plato believed the highest good consists in contemplating this
ideal realm. To be in contact with what is perfectly ordered is to bring to the self harmony and peace. Platonism is, in no small measure, an attempt to
find this unity. In Plato, Socrates found his greatest disciple; in Socrates, Plato found the model, the ideal, and the spokesperson for what
was to become his own philosophy. From Socrates, Plato learned that the goal of philosophy is to understand the general concept; from Socrates he also learned the use of
the inductive method, from particular to universal. This is the logical method of progression in which if one thing, or concept is accepted, or true, then that which follows, or
corresponds with it, is true also. It was Socrates who was always asking about universals: What is justice? What is piety? What is self-control? What is courage?
For Socrates, and consequently Plato, the great business of life was conversation. He sought out everyone, and seizing upon some everyday event, would pass easily
and quickly to a discussion of the deepest problems of human life. This type of teaching became a pattern for what we call today the Socratic method or dialogue.
To the end, Socrates maintained that he was but a humble searcher for truth, not one filled with pride and arrogance. So it is ascribed to him the adage, "The
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