Socratic method

The Apology was a very interesting read that helps one to see through the eyes of Socrates. He seems to have been a very wise man who fought for what he believed in and wanted to spread the idea of asking ideas, or what became known as the Socratic Method. My favorite core teaching of Socrates was that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” I am going to explain why this specific teaching stands out to me the most personally, and then connect it with how it Socrates acts upon it within The…

The trial of Socrates takes place in the year 399 That trial follows very quickly upon the famous Peloponnesian war. The war that took place between the two great powers of the Greek world between the Spartans and Athens. The Athens that fought this war was at its height of the political power and prestige but lost the 30-year war to Sparta. Sparta initiated the 30 tyrants to rule the city. The next year the 30 tyrants were driven out and a democratic society was once again established. Three…

Plato’s Meno offers a Socratic dialectic discussing the question of virtue between the philosopher Socrates and a young Thessalian aristocrat Meno. Meno asks the following question to be analyzed at length throughout the dialogue: Can virtue be taught? Using the Socratic process, Meno attempts to understand the various complexities associated with that question. In addition, another player, Anytus, an Athenian statesman, serves to not only offer a varying perspective on the matter of virtue, but…

ideas. This would go on to be known as the “Socratic Method”. Socrates cared about why things worked the way they did or to put it in layman 's terms he was not concerned with the end result but rather with how to obtain the…

nature of piety, perhaps, may not be defined. Although this theory leaves Euthyphro’s justification for his father’s persecution unacceptable, it also leaves us with the affirmation that application of careful techniques of reasoning such as the Socratic method can and should result in progress to the resolution of a philosophical…

why it happened, who did it and the motives they had. Critical reading and critical thinking go hand in hand. These two strategies are monumental to understand a material on a deeper level. Students need to get used to being able to perform these methods at an early age,…

Socrates taught in a way that consisted of inquiry and discussion between people in a way that encouraged critical thinking. This teaching practice is now known as the Socratic method. Socrates once said, “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” This quote speaks to motivate people to be original and ingrains in them a desire for truth. Socrates and King both seem to be suggesting that education…

Introduction Throughout the course of this class, we have learned about numerous individuals and topics, which have had an immense influence on molding western civilization. It has been built upon the achievements of history’s greatest leaders, ideas and documents. The most important, however, was that of Greek mythology, the philosophies of Socrates, and Augustine’s, Confessions. From the beginning of the belief in higher powers, to the philosophical advances and growth of religion, it is…

Socrates showed his calmness and that he was not afraid of death. He said that no philosopher should be. He pursued wisdom through his method of philosophy. The Socratic Method is simply to ask questions. We can see this method in the Republic from Plato. Socrates sets up his method by asking a series of question to get down to the truth and to gain better knowledge. This method of asking questions has helped me in…

for accusation on any sort of impiety/corruption; such an accusation requires Socrates to have said something that is blatantly immoral, even just from the Athenian perspective. This does not exist, however, because that does not align with the Socratic method. The ideas that are being discussed throughout the trial – atheism, piety, corruption, etc. – are the results of Socrates’ questioning, not what Socrates portrays as reference to his own…