The Decline of ‘Virtue’

It’s the time of year when I teach Plato’s Meno. As I wisely explain to my students, there are two things that they are going to find off-putting and even incomprehensible about the dialogue. First, there is the peculiar virtue-geometry-virtue structure of the discussion. At this point I have to explain to the students that … Continue reading The Decline of ‘Virtue’