Before addressing the fundamental issues of the theory of memory, it is worth noting that Socrates never addresses the second half of Meno's paradox, assuming that we have found what it is they're looking for, how do you know you've found it if they don't know what they're looking for? There seems to be a lack of a way to verify your answer, and if you can't confirm that what you found is actually what you were looking for, the investigation never seems to end. While this is a discussion for another time, it highlights an issue that Socrates addresses in the first part of the paradox, the part he addresses, which is the problem of circularity. Ironically, Socrates' theory of memory, used to overcome Meno's paradox, is subject to the criticism of being paradoxical. The claim that the soul is immortal and knows everything is necessary for his theory of remembrance to be true, so it is vital that Socrates is able to demonstrate the immortality of the soul. The question of circularity arises when Socrates attempts to demonstrate immortality through the use of the slave boy. According to Socrates, if the slave boy can recall knowledge of geometry, a subject he appears to know nothing about, then he has successfully demonstrated the existence of an immortal, omniscient soul. Socrates seems to suggest that the knowledge the slave boy is able to remember is evidence of the immortality and omniscient nature of the soul, also stating that the immortality and omniscient nature of the soul is the reason why learning it's just a memory (Fraser). Therefore, his ability to remember past information is based on the existence of the omniscient and immortal soul, and the existence of this soul is based on the Slav... middle of paper... on the failure to provide sufficient evidence in support of the theory led to failure to overcome Meno's paradox. Socrates' attempt to overcome Meno's paradox is a failed attempt due to the circular reasoning found in the foundations of Socrates' theory of Remembrance - that the soul must be immortal and omniscient and proof of this is that learning is remembrance , but for this type of memory to occur, the soul must be omniscient and immortal. Even if one accepted the Theory of Recollection as an adequate refutation of Meno's Paradox, there is still the problem with the questioning of the slave boy. The interrogation itself is suspect, as it does not explicitly demonstrate that the slave is actually remembering. With fundamental problems like these I cannot accept Socrates' theory of memory as a sufficient answer to Meno's paradox.