Indeed, many of the puzzles that arise here, in an apparently frivolous way, return in other dialogues and are considered at greater length. One example is the question about whether it is the wise or the ignorant who learn—this is remarkably similar to Meno’s paradox, which we’ll be looking at shortly. Equally fundamental to the Euthydemus is the question of how we should treat other people in philosophical argument. The point of philosophical argument is not winning at all costs, like these verbally pugilistic sophists do. It is to seek wisdom.
