Meno

After their elongated conversation we just read, we come to understand that Meno is merely disappointed with the final idea that Socrates has left him with. Socrates tells Meno that he feels virtue is a gift from the gods or from the divine. I partially agree with this; I feel that the true goodness and virtue comes from the Christian God. Virtue is something that takes habit and skill and also is something that leads to the greater good. I remember in class that we talked a little bit about bad people seeking what they think to be “good things”. And I’m not saying that you cannot be a moral or virtuous if you are not a Christian, but I feel that they are not filling their souls with what they think are good. I feel that they are just falling into temptations and those things are not what God has intended. Socrates stated that he wanted to find a universal meaning of the word virtue that was true for everyone, so I do not necessarily think that we will ever find that, because it might be that it varies between the different cultures and ethnicities that share a common ground.