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Single Idea 1918

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue]

Full Idea

Does anyone know what a part of virtue is without knowing the whole?

Gist of Idea

How can you know part of virtue without knowing the whole?

Source

Plato (Meno [c.385 BCE], 79c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Protagoras and Meno', ed/tr. Guthrie,W K C [Penguin 1956], p.127