The Collaborative International Dictionary
Socratical
Socratic \So*crat"ic\, Socratical \So*crat"ic*al\,
[L. Socraticus, Gr. ????.] Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (
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469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.
Note: The Socratic method of reasoning and instruction was by a series of questions leading the one to whom they were addressed to perceive and admit what was true or false in doctrine, or right or wrong in conduct.