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  2. Socratic method - Wikipedia

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    Socratic dialogues feature in many of the works of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, where his teacher Socrates debates various philosophical issues with an "interlocutor" or "partner". [ 1 ] In Plato's dialogue " Theaetetus ", Socrates describes his method as a form of "midwifery" because it is employed to help his interlocutors develop ...

  3. Socrates - Wikipedia

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    Socrates is known for proclaiming his total ignorance; he used to say that the only thing he was aware of was his ignorance, seeking to imply that the realization of one's ignorance is the first step in philosophizing. Socrates exerted a strong influence on philosophers in later antiquity and has continued to do so in the modern era.

  4. Socratic questioning - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. I know that I know nothing - Wikipedia

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    Here, Socrates aims at the change of Meno's opinion, who was a firm believer in his own opinion and whose claim to knowledge Socrates had disproved. It is essentially the question that begins "post-Socratic" Western philosophy. Socrates begins all wisdom with wondering, thus one must begin with admitting one's ignorance.

  6. Gorgias (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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    Socrates posits that the rhetorician should accuse himself first, and then do his family and friends the favour of accusing them, so great is the curative power of justice (480c–e). Socrates maintains that, assuming the converse of the previous argument, if your enemy has done something awful, you should contrive every means to see that he ...

  7. Education in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Philosophers such as Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE), as well as the sophistic movement, which led to an influx of foreign teachers, created a shift from Old Education to a new Higher Education. [11] This Higher Education expanded formal education, and Athenian society began to hold intellectual capacity in higher regard than physical. [11]

  8. Plato - Wikipedia

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    Along with his teacher Socrates, and his student Aristotle, Plato is a central figure in the history of Western philosophy. [ b ] Plato's complete works are believed to have survived for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. [ 5 ]

  9. Lyceum (classical) - Wikipedia

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    The most famous philosophers to teach there were Isocrates, Plato (of The Academy), and the best-known Athenian teacher, Socrates. [5] In addition to military training and educational pursuits, the Lyceum also housed Athenian Assembly meetings before the Pnyx became the official meeting place in the fifth century BCE. Cult practices of various ...