Part one of term paper
Throughout the Meno, Euthyphro, and Symposium Socrates is questioning his interlocutor in an attempt to find the definition of some term. His criterion for a good definition or logos is for the definition to apply to all occasions of the subject and nothing else. Also, the logos must not mention the subject being defined. Socrates is usual ...

Part two of term paper
... they are discussing before they reach a satisfactory logos for their subject (if they ever do reach a logos). In the Euthyphro Socrates never reached a logos for virtue. Euthyphro's definition as "What all the gods love"(Euthyphro, 9e) was incorrect because Euthyphro was presupposing that the reason the gods love it is because it is already pious. The main subject of the Meno is the search for a definition of virtue. However, Meno and Socrates are unable to find one because Meno first attempts t ...