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Socrates
Socrates , 469-399 BC, Greek philosopher of Athens. Famous for his view of philosophy as a pursuit proper and necessary to all intelligent men, he is one of the great examples of a man who lived by his principles even though they ultimately cost him his life. Knowledge of the man and his teachings c... Read more
Aristotle Socrates Onassis
Aristotle Socrates Onassis , 1906?-75, Greek shipowner and financier, b. Turkey. Leaving Turkey after the Turkish defeat of Greek forces at Smyrna (1922), he revived the family tobacco business in Argentina. In 1925 he received Argentinean and Greek citizenship. Onassis purchased his first ships in ... Read more
Aristippus
Aristippus , c.435-c.360 BC, Greek philosopher of Cyrene, first of the Cyrenaics . He held pleasure to be the highest good and virtue to be identical with the ability to enjoy. His doctrines, comprising the first coherent exposition of hedonism , opposed those of the Cynics, although both groups d... Read more
Xenophon
Xenophon , c.430 BC-c.355 BC, Greek historian, b. Athens. He was one of the well-to-do young disciples of Socrates before leaving Athens to join the Greek force (the Ten Thousand) that was in the service of Cyrus the Younger of Persia. These troops served Cyrus at the disastrous battle of Cunaxa ... Read more
Cynics
Cynics [Gr.,=doglike, probably from their manners and their meeting place, the Cynosarges, an academy for Athenian youths], ancient school of philosophy founded c.440 BC by Antisthenes , a disciple of Socrates. The Cynics considered virtue to be the only good, not just the highest good as Socrates... Read more
Aspasia
Aspasia , fl. mid-5th cent. BC, Athenian courtesan. A woman of great beauty and intelligence, she became the mistress and, according to some poets, adviser of Pericles after he divorced (445 BC) his wife. She is the chief figure in Aspasia, a dialogue by Aeschines the Socratic, in which she crit... Read more
hoplite
hoplite , heavy infantry soldier in the armies of classical Greece. Hoplites were usually protected by helmets, cuirasses, and leg armor. They carried large shields, javelins, heavy swords, and sometimes battle-axes and fought in the tightly organized phalanx formation. In classical Greece, hopl... Read more
Sozomen
Sozomen , 5th cent., Byzantine church historian, b. Gaza. A fuller form of his name is Salaminius Hermias Sozomenus. His Ecclesiastical History was written in 439-50. The nine extant books, written in an elegant Greek style, cover the years 324-439 and are primarily drawn from the history of Socr... Read more
atheism
atheism , denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism , which holds that the existence cannot be proved. The term atheism has been used as an accusation against all who attack established orthodoxy, as in the trial of Socrates. Th... Read more
Isocrates
Isocrates , 436-338 BC, one of the Ten Attic Orators. He was a pupil of Socrates and of the Sophists. Perhaps the greatest teacher in Greek history, he taught every younger orator of his time. He did not deliver his speeches, but either wrote for litigants (six such speeches survive) or wrote discou... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Socratic"

Leo Strauss
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1899-1973), a German Jew, was a Socratic political philosopher. As he considered the civic duty of a Socratic to be to question and criticize reigning...rationalism as epitomized in Socrates and the Socratic way of life. Strauss' second book...
Parmenides
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Kathleen Freeman in Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers (1948) and discussed by her in The Pre-Socratic Philosophers (1946; 3d ed. 1953...1969). General discussions of Pre-Socratic philosophy as part of the development...
Johann Georg Hamann
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...culminated in his first major work, Socratic Memorabilia (1759). His reputation...facts and to true philosophy, which is "Socratic" or critical in the awareness of its...Flaherty's edition of Hamann's Socratic Memorabilia (1967) is an excellent...
Amos Bronson Alcott
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...to discover their personal views through constant use of the Socratic dialogue. But the picture of Alcott gently questioning a 6...itinerant lecturing in the guise of paid "conversations" in the Socratic mode, and some writing. But it was not till he was an elderly...
Protagoras
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, translated in Kathleen Freeman, Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers (1948), and discussed in her The Pre-Socratic Philosophers (1946; 3d ed. 1953). An excellent discussion of the Sophists and their...
Zeno of Elea
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1892; 4th ed. 1930), and Kathleen Freeman, The Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Companion to Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker...3d ed. 1953). More generalized discussions of the Pre-Socratics and their place in Greek literature and thought appear in...
Buchanan, Scott (1895–1968)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education ...nationally noted for his defense of liberal education and his masterful use of Socratic seminar methods. Buchanan's custom-tailored undergraduate curriculum...intellectual tradition, from ancient Greece to the twentieth century. Tutors and Socratic
Physics, Particle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...old one. In the sixth century b.c.e., various pre-Socratic philosophers explored such ideas. Thales thought that the...conviction in the human mind (exemplified as much by the pre-Socratic philosophers as by twentieth-century physicists) that the...
Case Method
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...twentieth century and beyond. The case method is usually coupled with a type of classroom teaching called the Socratic method. Through the Socratic method students orally respond to an often difficult series of questions designed to help them gain further...
Langdell, Christopher Columbus
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...books. Langdell's new method combined the careful study of the decisions in previous cases, with the Socratic method of teaching. The Socratic method was modeled after that used by the Greek philosopher Socrates. Using this method, Langdell...

Dictionary entries related to "Socratic"

Dialogue and Dialectics: Socratic
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas Dialogue and Dialectics: Socratic Socrates (c. 470 –...question and answer, or the "Socratic method." Although Socrates...dialogues, Plato was one of many Socratics and writers of Socratic dialogues, but it was he who...
Socratic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English So·crat·ic / səˈkratik / • adj. of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy. • n. a follower of Socrates. DERIVATIVES: So·crat·i·cal·ly / -ikx259;)lē / adv.
Socratic irony
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English So·crat·ic i·ro·ny • n. a pose of ignorance assumed in order to entice others into making statements that can then be challenged.
maieutic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology maieutic pert. to the Socratic method of bringing out latent conceptions. XVII. — Gr. maieutikós obstetric (used fig. of Socratic methods), f. maieúesthai act as midwife, f. maía midwife; see -IC .
Hierarchy and Order
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...This "coming to be," however, is described in pre-Socratic philosophy as a complex process of the circulation of Chaos...Empedocles (c. 490 – 430 b.c.e.), another pre-Socratic philosopher, the Cosmos is organized through the struggle...
Microcosm and Macrocosm
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...have begun as an archetypal theme of mythology that the pre-Socratic philosophers reworked into a more systematic form. Unfortunately...Book 4), Plato united the microcosmic theme with the pre-Socratic tendency to view cosmology in political terms when he discussed...
Philosophy, Moral: Ancient
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...convicted on a charge of impiety, and put to death. Plato Socratic ethics insists that we will do what makes us happy if we know...instead, and sometimes we do that something else. Also, Socratic ethics does not say enough about the soul to establish that...
elenchus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable elenchus the Socratic method of eliciting truth by question and answer, especially as used to refute an argument (also called Socratic elenchus ).
Free will, Determinism, and Predestination
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...good. Plato (427? – 347 b.c.e.) adopts this Socratic view, although in his later works he emphasizes that the passions...Aristotle (384 – 322 b.c.e.) thinks that the Socratic account cannot explain incontinence, which is the condition...
Dualism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...basic nonreducible substances, typically matter (or body) and spirit (or soul). Among the early Greeks, (the pre-Socratics) Anaximander (610 – c. 647 b.c.e.) and, later, Heracleitus (c. 540 – c. 480 b.c.e...

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Socratic misogyny?--Analyzing feminist criticisms of Socratic teaching in legal education
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Socratic Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, and Inmate Education
Magazine article from: Journal of Correctional Education; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...analyzes the practical application of the Socratic method in the context of inmate education...elements that emerge from four transcribed Socratic discussions with prison inmates. The...detailed examination of the stages of the Socratic method as practiced by the historical...
The Old is New Again: Using the Socratic Teaching Method in a Graduate Student Setting
Magazine article from: NACTA Journal; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...of these skills can be developed by using the Socratic teaching method. The Socratic teaching method is one of the oldest and most...teaching tools for fostering critical thinking. In Socratic teaching the focus is on providing students questions...
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The Socratic Method: leveraging questions to increase performance. (Program Management and Leadership).
Magazine article from: Program Manager; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...and energy of your vision, using the Socratic Method can help you quickly turn "your...cascading through your organization. The Socratic Method is also a powerful way to help...that story into reality Defining the Socratic Method The Socratic Method is about moving...
Using socratic questioning in the classroom
Magazine article from: The Agricultural Education Magazine; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...teach students to think critically. Socratic questioning is the oldest, and still...asking more questions. The focus of Socratic questioning is to provide students with...understanding of the concept involved. The Socratic Questioning Model The basic Socratic...
THE SOCRATIC METHOD AND THE MATHEMATICAL HEURISTIC OF GEORGE PÓLYA
Magazine article from: St. John's Law Review; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...deal-if we just ignore the math. The Socratic method, once the staple of legal teaching...weighing the benefits and drawbacks of the Socratic method, a debate that has been well covered.3 The decline in the use of the Socratic method is unfortunate because a dialogue...
Debate continues on law schools' Socratic method of teaching
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 9/11/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...classroom interrogation -- also known as the Socratic method -- really necessary to cultivate...the motivation for preparation that the Socratic method creates, some argue it's a...Shawnee attorney Jim Pettis argues the Socratic method is part of a larger problem with...
"To Find Yourself, Think for Yourself": Using Socratic Discussions in Inclusive Classrooms
Magazine article from: Teaching Exceptional Children; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Cinderella and are preparing for their first Socratic seminar. To do so, the students begin...The students are now ready for the Socratic seminar. To facilitate a good discussion...Lapidus reminds them of the rules for a Socratic discussion. Once the students are in...
Is the socratic method illegal?
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...the bedrock of surgical teaching is the Socratic method. Before interactive computer...sham. The educational foundation of the Socratic approach is straightforward: the more...surgeon will emerge. Those who regard the Socratic method as an integral part of resident...