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Logic IV. 38
The Meno which seems intended to give an idea of how Plato would propose to advance beyond the standpoint of Socrates in the Protagoras is nevertheless rather of logical than of ethical interest. In the beginning we meet with the question "[foregin text]" when I do not know what a thing is how should I know how it may be? True we cannot tell whether a predicate is true of an object unless that object be in some measure determinate. and a little below. So it is with the virtues. No matter how many and various they may be yet some one and the same species they every one possess which make them to be virtues. [foreign text]. And this essence is called [foreign text]. It is that in respect to which all [bees] are the same. [foreign text]. He seems to make virtue consist in justic and moderation