Meno's Paradox (Learning Paradox)
A man cannot search either for what he knows or for what he does not know.
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Meno's Paradox (Learning Paradox) Socrates brings Meno to aporia (puzzlement) on the question of what virtue is. Meno responds by accusing Socrates of being like a torpedo ray, which stuns its victims with electricity. Socrates responds that the reason for this comparison is that Meno, a "handsome" man, is inviting counter-comparisons because of his own vanity, and Socrates tells Meno that he only resembles a torpedo fish if it numbs itself in making others numb, and Socrates is himself ignorant of what virtue is. Meno then proffers a paradox: "And how will you inquire into a thing when you are wholly ignorant of what it is? Even if you happen to bump right into it, how will you know it is the thing you didn't know?" Socrates rephrases the question, which has come to be the canonical statement of the paradox: "[A] man cannot search either for what he knows or for what he does not know[.] He cannot search for what he knows -- since he knows it, there is no need to search -- nor for what he does not know, for he does not know what to look for."
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| S - | Ep - | 1934/04/ |
| Short Story | - min | |
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52 Episodes, 4 Seasons
| S - | Ep - | 1999/06/12 |
| TV Series | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 1 | 1999/06/12 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 2 | 1999/06/19 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 5 | 1999/07/10 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 6 | 1999/07/17 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 7 | 2000/01/16 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 8 | 2000/01/23 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 9 | 2000/02/06 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 10 | 2000/03/05 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 11 | 2000/03/12 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 12 | 2000/03/19 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 1 | Ep 13 | 2000/03/26 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 2 | Ep 1 | 2001/08/18 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 2 | Ep 2 | 2001/08/25 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 2 | Ep 3 | 2001/09/02 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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| S 2 | Ep 4 | 2001/09/08 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM SF | Canada | |
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