What error does Socrates identify in Meno’s explanation of virtue as the desire for beautiful things combined with the ability to acquire them?

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12 Apr 2023
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Explanation

Option A points out a list rather than a definition. Option B highlights that the definition contains the very term it tries to explain. Option C notes the lack of correspondence to an ideal form (eidos). Option D mentions the failure to cover all examples of virtue.

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