Tsk - the purpose of that story is to demonstrate that no-one is truly
ignorant. Even an uneducated, iliterate slave boy can recognise errors
and correct processes in geometry (Doubling the square as I remember).
So, as Plato would recommend - concentrate - you already know the
answer from a previous life!
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 10/12/2009, at 11:24 PM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> Mercy please, I'm only asking as an ignorant being .... as Meno's
> slave boy ... :-)
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_Problem#Socratic_method>
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