In the third class session of our course, we will be working through the second Platonic dialogue for this class, Plato's Meno. We will focus on the second half of the dialogue in this week.

On Saturday, we will hold our third online class session using Zoom. We will be recording the class session, and it will be uploaded for all of you students as an unlisted YouTube video embedded here in our class site (these won't be shared with non-students). After that, I will open the Week 3 Discussion Forum to student comments and questions, so that we can continue the discussion throughout the week

The specific topics we will be working through during this week's class session are:

• Learning as recollection
• The geometric proof and the servant boy
• Whether politicians have knowledge
• Knowledge and right opinion
• Anytus’ threat against Socrates
  
  

You will doubtless find it useful to read through Plato's dialogue, the Ion before our class session, perhaps more than once. You will also likely discover that rereading that portion of the text after participating in or watching the class session will help you develop a deeper understanding of Plato's ideas.