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With Meno’s failure, Socrates opens the next round by reverting to the example of figure just considered. The nimble footwork of this round revolves around the question, “What is it that is common to roundness and straightness and all the other things you call ‘figures?’” (75a6–8).
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Thomas, J.E. (1980). Models for Muddles (75b1–77a5). In: Musings on the Meno. Martinus Nijhoff Classical Philosophy Library, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8783-8_6
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