PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- Plato seeks to pass between the horns of this dilemma by claiming that we know, but we have forgotten. Thus coming to know is really recollection.
- To remind Meno of the truth of recollection, Socrates conducts a demonstration with Meno’s slave boy.
- The boy does not know mathematics, but he does speak Greek.