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he knows.Meno
That is true.Socrates
And is he not better off in respect of the matter which he did not know?Meno
I think that too is so.Socrates
Now, by causing him to doubt and giving him the torpedo's shock, have we done him any harm?Meno
I think not.Socrates
And we have certainly given him some assistance, it would seem, towards finding out the truth of the matter: for now he will push on in the search gladly, as lacking knowledge; whereas then he would have been only too ready to suppose he was right in saying, before any number of people any number of times,
That is true.Socrates
And is he not better off in respect of the matter which he did not know?Meno
I think that too is so.Socrates
Now, by causing him to doubt and giving him the torpedo's shock, have we done him any harm?Meno
I think not.Socrates
And we have certainly given him some assistance, it would seem, towards finding out the truth of the matter: for now he will push on in the search gladly, as lacking knowledge; whereas then he would have been only too ready to suppose he was right in saying, before any number of people any number of times,