id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 254 Unknown The Second Story of Meno A Continuation of Socrates' Dialogue with Meno in Which the Boy Proves Root 2 is Irrational .txt text/plain 6252 610 94 Meno: Yes, Socrates, and you know the path is hard, Socrates: Well said, my friend Meno, and I shall leave it at Socrates: Please, Meno, instruct the boy to merely call me Meno: You heard what Socrates, said, boy. Meno: You know that I think it is impossible, Socrates. Socrates: So you have, my boy, has he not Meno? Socrates: Then you know what odd and even are, boy? Boy: Sometimes, Socrates, but usually only with simple numbers Socrates: Now think carefully, boy, what kind of ratios can Boy: Yes. A ratio of odd over even, when multiplied times Boy: We will get a ratio of even over odd, Socrates. Boy: Yes. Socrates: And an even number is two times one whole number? Boy: We know the first number in the squared ratio cannot be odd Socrates: Yes. Boy: When we square an even over odd ratio, the first number ./cache/254.txt ./txt/254.txt