Joined in 2023 
82 
63 About this deal
Never would a bad son have sprung from a good sire, for he would have heard the voice of instruction; but not by teaching will you ever make a bad man into a good one.' MENO: Quite right; and that is just what I am saying about virtue—that there are other virtues as well as justice. Soc: Then let us see if this statement of yours is true, for you may actually have a point. Are you saying that excellence is the ability to acquire what is good? Soc: The experts call this the diagonal. So if “the diagonal” is its name, then according to you, Meno’s boy, the double figure would arise from the diagonal. Hormonal changes affect our cognitive function and the ability to think clearly, make decisions and generally function well mentally. As a result, while supporting the changing hormonal levels, it is also important to assist cognitive function so you can thrive through your menopause journey.
Meno: There are some people who presume that what is bad benefits them, while others recognise that it harms them.Soc: Well said. Now there is an opportunity for you and I to conduct a joint deliberation 91A in relation to this guest here, Meno. Indeed, Anytus, the fellow has been telling me for some time that he desires that wisdom and excellence by which people manage their households and cities in the right way, care for their own parents, and know how to receive strangers or send them on their way in a manner worthy of a good man. So think about this excellence 91B and whom we would be right to send him to, if we were to send him to someone. Or is it obvious from the earlier discussion that we should send him to those who promise to act as teachers of excellence, and proclaim themselves available as such to any Greeks who wish to learn, levying a fixed charge which they have set? Avoid taking any of the following medicines at the same time of day as your levothyroxine. This is because they may decrease the amount of levothyroxine that's absorbed from your gut and so could make it less effective. The occasional dose is unlikely to be a problem, but if you take them together all the time, this may mean that your levothyroxine doesn't work: Soc: 73A But will excellence differ in being excellence, whether it occurs in a child or in an older person, in a man or in a woman? Mung Bean, regularly consumed in Asian countries and particularly by women as a remedy for menopause, is a type of legume with a long history of use in traditional medicine. Mung Bean contains an abundance of isoflavones, polyphenols and polysaccharides amongst many other active compounds. Rich in the protein ‘isolate 8 S globulin’, Mung Bean has been shown to play a role in regulating Insulin levels and glucose metabolism which can otherwise be negatively influenced by hormonal changes. Now since the soul is immortal and has come to birth many times, and has beheld everything there is, both here and in Hades, there is nothing it has not learned. So it is no wonder that it is able to recollect what it knew previously about excellence or about other things. Indeed, since all 81Dof nature is akin and the soul has learned all things, there is nothing to prevent someone who has only recalled one, a process that people call learning, from discovering all the others, provided he is courageous and does not tire of the inquiry, for inquiring and learning are wholly recollection. So we should not be persuaded by this captious argument, for it will only make us idle, and it is pleasant only to the ears of feeble folk, while this one will make us active 81E and inquisitive. Placing my trust in its truth, I want to inquire along with you into what excellence is.
Soc: Then it is possible to declare that in general for any person, everything else depends upon the soul, while anything belonging to the soul itself depends upon understanding if it is to be 89A good. And by this argument what is beneficial would be understanding, but do we accept that excellence is beneficial? Soc: What about this. Have you ever yet heard from anyone, young or old, that Cleophantus, the son of Themistocles, was a man good and wise in the same accomplishments as his father?
Reviews
Soc: Meno,[1] previously the Thessalians were famous among the Greeks, and much admired for their horsemanship and their wealth, but nowadays 70B I think they are also admired for their wisdom, especially the people of Larissa, the fellow citizens of your companion Aristippus.[2] In your case, Gorgias[3] is responsible for this, for when he arrived in their city he captured the foremost of the Aleudae – among whom were your lover, Aristippus, and other leading Thessalians – since they were lovers of his wisdom. What is more, he got you into the habit of answering fearlessly and magnificently when anyone asks you anything, after the manner of those who know, 70C by putting himself forward to be questioned by any Greeks who wish, on any topic they wish, and answering all comers.
Great Deal 
New Comment