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Socratic questioning (or Socratic maieutics) [1] is an educational method named after Socrates that focuses on discovering answers by asking questions of students. According to Plato, Socrates believed that "the disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar/student to examine ideas and be able to determine the validity of those ideas". [2]
Education was an essential component of a person's identity. Formal Greek education was primarily for males and non-slaves. [1] In some poleis, laws were passed to prohibit the education of slaves. [2] [3] The Spartans also taught music and dance, but with the purpose of enhancing their maneuverability as soldiers.
Embrace these quotes from one of the founding fathers of Western philosophy.
Socrates and Critoboulus go on to use money as an example. If a man does not know how to use something, it is therefore not his property. With money, if a man does not know how to use it then he should not consider it as his property. Socrates makes the argument that a man's assets are not property unless he learns to use them diligently and ...
The Debate of Socrates and Aspasia by Nicolas-André Monsiau. Socrates's discussions were not limited to a small elite group; he engaged in dialogues with foreigners and with people from all social classes and of all genders. [77] A fundamental characteristic of Plato's Socrates is the Socratic method, or the method of refutation (elenchus). [78]
Plato’s Socrates is a 1994 book by Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith in which the authors examine Socrates' depiction in Plato's works. The book won the Outstanding Academic Book for 1994 award.
Plato (Ancient Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn; c. 428/427 – c. 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the trio of ancient Greeks including Socrates and Aristotle credited with laying the philosophical foundations of Western culture. [1] Little can be known about Plato's early life and education due to the very limited ...