Socrates argued that the active pursuit of knowledge leads to man's ability to moderate his behavior accordingly. If you examine a situation carefully and from different angles, the most logical course of action will present itself. By exercising this method of reasoning a person becomes wise. Socrates would call this the ability to properly govern the qualities of one's soul and it is undoubtedly what he was looking for. The process brings out the virtuous qualities of man and allows him to make decisions based on truth, which ultimately lead to good. Discipline of the mind can only benefit its owner; and therefore knowledge is worth seeking. Socrates defines knowledge as absolute truth. He believes that everything in the universe is innately connected; if one thing is known, then potentially everything can be derived from that one truth. The fundamental ideas that Socrates tries to discover are called forms. This concept is illustrated when Socrates questions Meno about what virtue is. Meno responds with several examples of what is virtuous. This is obviously not what Socrates is asking; he is asking Meno what all virtuous acts have in common. For Socrates this relationship between all virtuous acts is what virtue fundamentally is. A person can see virtuous acts but cannot see virtue. For this reason the idea of ​​virtue must exist somewhere independent of the sensible world. This is true of all forms or ideas of perfection: they are something that cannot be known by human senses but reasoned out by individual human thought. However, knowledge cannot be confused with right opinion. Socrates distinguishes between right opinion and knowledge. Opinions are not something that can be sought because they are beliefs held on shaky ground. “True opinions are a good thing and do all sorts of good while they stay in place, but they won't last long. They flee from the mind of man...” (97-98, Meno) Knowledge is an unequivocal truth that cannot be changed in a discussion: it is valid in all situations at all times. In matters relating to eternal truths, it can be argued that such truths are relative only to man in his finite reflective state. If these absolute ideas are true forever, did they exist before man? If so, who thought of them? Since it is necessary to contemplate these absolute truths (and the origin of anything contemplated is in the human mind), they are therefore absolute only for human beings..