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Course Description
Summer 2025 • Grade 7 and above • Philosophy Sequence
Plato’s Meno
Sections and Teachers
Section 1:
Instructors: Bruce McMenomy and Karl Oles
Starts: June 9, 2025
Ends: August 15, 2025
Thursday 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET
Tuition: $250.00
There is more information at the teacher's course Website: Plato’s Meno
For several summers we’ve offered courses on a specific dialogue of Plato, and they have been well received and a lot of fun for us to teach. This summer we are offering another dialogue, the Meno. The Meno is one of the most important of the Platonic sequence, containing some challenging ideas about both metaphysical reality (the pre-existence of the soul) and epistemology (how we know what we know — or think we know). We’ll try to dig into the various high points of this well-written and challenging collection of ideas. Familiarity with Greek is welcome but certainly not required: students who want to read the dialogue in Greek on the side should contact DrMcM for the possibility — it can be arranged. The class will be conducted entirely in English, of course.
Prerequisites
None
Recommended background
Some familiarity with Greek history and philosophy general, and with Plato in particular, is always helpful, but is not required; this is as good a place to start as any and better than most.
Teacher's notes:
If there is sufficient interest in going through the dialogue in Greek on the side, DrMcM will be happy to help with that.
Textbooks and Materials
This item is required:
Meno [Edition or Version: 2], Authors: Plato, G. M. A. Grube (Translator)
ISBN: 0915144247
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This version or the composite volume of five dialogues (including the Meno) is required. Both are not. If you already have the other volume from one of our other courses, that will suffice.
This item is required:
Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo [Edition or Version: 2], Authors: Plato; John M. Cooper, G. M. A Grube (Translator)
ISBN: 0872206335
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: If you have already bought this collection of five dialogues for one of the other courses we’ve offered, it should suffice; if you want just the Meno alone, select the other option. One or the other is required, both are not.
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