socratic : Idioms & Phrases


pre-socratic

  • noun any philosopher who lived before Socrates
  • adjective before the time of Socrates
    presocratic.
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socratic irony

  • noun admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning
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socratic method

  • noun a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students
    maieutic method.
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