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Essay / Why Socrates Proposes “Remembrance” and How to Prove It
In this article, I will examine why Socrates proposes “remembrance” and how he proves it. My conclusion is that the reason Socrates offers "remembrance" is to try to help Meno understand how to explain virtue and to show him how to prove it. He asks one of Meno's slave geometry questions to prove that our souls possess all the knowledge we need to solve problems. This means that when we answer questions, we collect the knowledge contained in our soul. First, Socrates talks about certain creeds that he heard in different religions (Meno, 71). I believe the meaning of the poem is due to some mistakes we have made, the punishment for us is to go through a series of reincarnations. In the meantime, if we behave with great respect, Persephone will reward us. Before that, we have to spend nine years in the underworld, if we behave piously, she will send us to the sun after nine years, to become a monarch, an athlete or a saint, and then have a lifetime of hero's glories. In other words, the soul is immortal and reincarnation, so we should live as piously as possible. Later, Socrates says: "Then if the truth about reality were always in our soul, the soul would be immortal, so you should always try with confidence to seek and remember what you do not currently know, i.e. what you don't remember? (Meno, 78) Socrates infers “we should live piously” from “the soul is immortal,” but here he infers “we should take the initiative to remember” from “the soul is immortal.” Therefore, I affirm that to remember means to be godly. Through remembrance, we can get rid of the pain of reincarnation and obtain reward from the gods. In conclusion, even piety and meditation are not the same, piety is a form of knowledge and meditation is a stage of reminiscence. of paper...... itself. I believe Socrates wants us to be concerned with the difference between ideas heard and the result of personal reflection. Meanwhile, this process of learning geometry resonates with the slave's own experience, reminding him of something he already knows. Socrates' dialogue with the slave (Meno, 77-78) shows the derivation of the proof. This dialogue has two main points of view: 1. if the slave continues on this path of investigation, he will acquire knowledge; 2 In this practice he will discover his own knowledge flowing out of him. After confirmation, the slave's responses come from his own. I believe Socrates proves that we can acquire knowledge and access knowledge because we potentially possess it. Socrates wants to explore how to solve problems through the theory of memories, because he admits that potential knowledge is that our investigation must start from this knowledge..