Confucius and Socrates Contents BECK index SOCRATES Style and Methods Style and Approach Individualized Instruction Questions and Answers Poetry and Metaphor Discussion Now that we have looked at the life and character of Socrates, we can turn to an examination of his particular approach in educating. What techniques did he use to facilitate learning Style and Approach Socrates' attitude toward ...
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Socratic Ignorance in Democracy, the Free Market, and Science Democracy Much controversy continues over Socrates's attitude towards democracy. I.F. Stone, embarrassed that the first democracy should have killed a man for exercising freedom of speech and freedom of religion, attempted to justify this by going after Socrates as an enemy of democracy (The Trial of Socrates); but since Stone was ...
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Comments on the Euthyphro using the G.M.A. Grube translation (Plato, Five Dialogues, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Hackett Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 6-22) The Euthyphro is one of the short dialogues by which Plato commemorated Socrates's technique and manner in questioning people. The structure of the dialogue, which is typical for Plato's Socratic dialogues, is reflected in the ...
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Commentary on Plato's Apology of Socrates using the G.M.A. Grube translation (Plato, Five Dialogues, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Hackett Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 24-44) Unless Plato had already written some short dialogues to illustrate Socrates' technique of questioning (like the Euthyphro), the Apology of Socrates is the earliest thing by him that we have. This would mean ...
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Ancient Philosophy Socrates' Last Error Miroslav Ivanovic Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research ABSTRACT: In the dialogue, Crito, Socrates justified his decision to accept his death penalty. His decision was praised as principled and just. However, such a view was one of the greatest myths in the history of philosophy. Contrary to the accepted ideas, I wish to show that Socrates ...
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Ancient Philosophy Responding to Socrates Pedagogical Provocation Anne-Marie Bowery Baylor University ABSTRACT: In this paper I examine the text of the Symposium to illustrate two non-philosophical responses to Socrates pedagogical provocation. While Apollodorus and Aristodemus, two Socratic disciples, demonstrate their erotic commitment to Socrates, they do not practice philosophy. They ...
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