The Truth Behind Socrates and the Socratic Method

The Truth Behind Socrates and the Socratic Method
Statue of Socrates in front of the University of Athens in Greece. anastasios71 /Shutterstock
Evan Mantyk
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Everyone has probably heard of Socrates and will know that he was a great philosopher in ancient Greece. But what exactly did he teach to earn that status?

What he is most remembered for is teaching people to question—what he called “examine"—their assumptions in the search for truth and justice. The most widely circulated Socrates quote is “The unexamined life is not worth living,” as Plato noted in his “Apology.”
Evan Mantyk
Evan Mantyk
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Evan Mantyk is an English teacher in New York and President of the Society of Classical Poets.
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