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1、MENOIIMENOIIACONTINUATIONOFSOCRATES'DIALOGUEWITHMENOINWHICHTHEBOYPROVESROOT2ISIRRATIONAL1MENOIISocrates:Well,hereweareattheappointedtime,Meno.Meno:Yes,anditlookslikeafinedayforit,too.Socrates:AndIseeourservingboyisalsohere.Boy:Yes,Iam,andreadytodoyourbidding.Socrate
2、s:Wonderful.Now,Meno,Iwantyoutobeonyourguard,asyouweretheotherday,toinsurethatIteachnothingtotheboy,butratherpulloutofhismindthepremiseswhicharealreadythere.Meno:Ishalldomybest,Socrates.Socrates:Icanaskmoreofnoman,Meno,andIamcertainthatyouwilldowell,andIhopeIwillgiv
3、eyounocalltohaltmeinmysayingifIshouldsaytoomuch,inwhichyouwouldfeelIwasactuallyteachingtheboytheanswertothisriddle.Meno:No,Socrates,Idon'tthinkIwillhavetocallyouonanythingyoumightsaytoday,forthemostwondrouslylearnedmenofthegroupofPythagorashavespentmanyhours,weeks,a
4、ndevenmonthsandyearstoilingintheirmannertoarriveatthemysticsolutionstothepuzzlesformedbythesimplesquareswithwhichweworkedtheotherday.Therefore,Iamcertaintoregainmyvirtue,whichIlosttheotherday,whenIwassosteadfastlyprovenbyyoutobeinerrorinmystatementthattherootofasqua
5、rewithanareaoftwosquarefeetwasbeyondthisboy,whoisafineboy,whomwemustmaketounderstandthatheshoulddohisbesthere,andnotfeelthathehasdoneanywrongnessbycausingmetolosemyvirtuetoyoutheotherday.Socrates:Meno,myfriend,itismyopinion,andIhopeitwillsoonbeyours,thatyourvirtuewa
6、sincreasedtheotherday,ratherthandecreased.Meno:Ifailtoseehow,whenIwashumiliatedbyseeingthisyoungboy,ofmodesteducation,arriveinminutesatthehighestmysticlevelsofthemagicofthePythagoreans.MostofallwhenIwageredasmanydinnersasyoucouldeatatmyhousethatthiscouldnotbethecase
7、.Socrates:First,friendMeno,letmeassureyouthatIwillpromise2MENOIInevertoeatyououtofhouseandhome,notthatIcouldifItried,formytastesaresimpleandyourwalletislarge.Nevertheless,Meno,myfriend,IwouldhastentoaddthatIwillpromise,ifyoulike,nottoevercometoyourtableuninvited.Asa
8、secondreasonyouandyourvirtueshouldfeelbetteraftertheeventsoftheotherday,becauseyouwereinerrorbefore,butarelessinerrornow.Andthepathtovirtu
