Method of inquiry

Usage examples of socratic.

And, as he had a peculiar love for his master Socrates, he made him the speaker in all his dialogues, putting into his mouth whatever he had learned, either from others, or from the efforts of his own powerful intellect, tempering even his moral disputations with the grace and politeness of the Socratic style.

More than one tradition had gone into the concept of Discipline, and the Venerable Master had a Socratic ability to pursue a lame thought to its lair and finish it off She dared to look at him.

In his final entry in A Jew's Journey, Aaron has recorded an almost Socratic acceptance of death, but this serenity is hard to sustain on a three-day train trip toward extermination by poison gas.

The young man with the beard, whose name was Paul and who knew not only about the blues and Socratic irony but also Dimac, brought down the bloke who was kicking Pooley with a devastating blow known as the Curl of the Dark Dragons Tail.

Naturally, Socrates was not ignorant and the questions were not naive, and his method of procedure is known as Socratic irony.

But, just as I used Socratic irony in my investigations, I can only admit like Socrates that the more I learn the less I know.

The greatest benefit however will be, that such a work will enable us to put an end for ever to all objections to morality and religion, according to the Socratic method, namely, by the clearest proof of the ignorance of our opponents.

I thought it was the Socratic method, and it impressed me immensely, until I found out he used it whenever he didn't know the answer.

At the time, he wanted more adventure than a stack of law books and the Socratic method could provide.

I thought it was the Socratic method, and it impressed me immensely, until I found out he used it whenever he didn’.