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  2. Socratic questioning - Wikipedia

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    Socratic questioning (or Socratic maieutics) [1] is an educational method named after Socrates that focuses on discovering answers by asking questions of students. According to Plato, Socrates believed that "the disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar/student to examine ideas and be able to determine the validity of those ideas". [2]

  3. Allegory of the cave - Wikipedia

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    Plato's allegory of the cave by Jan Saenredam, according to Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604, Albertina, Vienna. Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature".

  4. 65 Plato Quotes on Life, Wisdom and Politics

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    27. “Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.” 28. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” 29. “For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all ...

  5. Against the Sophists - Wikipedia

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    It seems that Plato is echoing Against the Sophists by, "criticising them for demanding deposits against their fees since this undermines their promise to make their students just." [ 5 ] Another similarity in language is found in both Plato's and Isocrates' discussions of the state of the mind or soul necessary for a good orator.

  6. Protagoras (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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    Protagoras (/ p r oʊ ˈ t æ ɡ ə r ə s,-æ s / proh-TAG-ər-əs, -⁠ass; Ancient Greek: Πρωταγόρας) is a dialogue by Plato.The traditional subtitle (which may or may not be Plato's) is "or the Sophists".

  7. Platonism - Wikipedia

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    In Plato's dialogues, the soul plays many disparate roles. Among other things, Plato believes that the soul is what gives life to the body (which was articulated most of all in the Laws and Phaedrus) in terms of self-motion: to be alive is to be capable of moving oneself; the soul is a self-mover. He also thinks that the soul is the bearer of ...

  8. Life of Plato - Wikipedia

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    Plato (Ancient Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn; c. 428/427 – c. 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the trio of ancient Greeks including Socrates and Aristotle credited with laying the philosophical foundations of Western culture. [1] Little can be known about Plato's early life and education due to the very limited ...

  9. 55 Socrates Quotes on Philosophy, Education and Life - AOL

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