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On Virtue

Socratic dialogue attributed to Plato

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On Virtue (Greek: Περὶ Ἀρετῆς; Latin: De Virtute^[1]) is a Socratic dialogue attributed to Plato, but which is considered spurious. In the short dialogue, Socrates discusses with a friend questions about whether virtue can be taught.^[2] To answer this question, the author of the dialogue does little more than copy out a few passages from the Meno almost word for word.^[3]

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• On Virtue translated by George Burges
• Free public domain audiobook version of On Virtue translated by George Burges
• Apocrypha public domain audiobook at LibriVox. Collection includes On Virtue. George Burges, translator (1855).

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