At the start of the dialogue, Meno asks Socrates whether or not virtue can be taught. However, before Socrates answers, he says that they must first find out what virtue is. Meno believes he knows the answer, but Socrates thinks otherwise. This is seen in the dialogue when Socrates is critical of Meno saying, “A man’s virtue consists of being able to manage public affairs . . . [and] the virtue of a woman . . . [is to] manage the home well” (Plato, Meno 71e). …show more content…
Just as mentioned in Meno, the thought that learning is no other than recollection remains a key point in the argument in Phaedo’s dialogue. Socrates talks about how “recollection can be occasioned by things that are similar, but it can also be occasioned by things that are dissimilar” (Plato, Phaedo 74a). By this, he means that the sight of something can make one think of another thing. As an example, Socrates uses lovers and how seeing an object that their beloved might use would remind them of the lover. He also says how, in a similar way, when one sees “a picture of Simmias, [they] recollect Simmias, himself,” and gives this as the explanation for the process of recollection (Plato, Phaedo