Dialogue and Discovery: A Study in Socratic Method

by Kenneth Seeskin

Book Overview

This book examines the Socratic method of elenchus, or refutation. Refutation by its very nature is a conflict, which in the hands of Plato becomes high drama. The continuing conversation in which it occurs is more a test of character than of intellect. Dialogue and Discovery shows that, in his conversations, Socrates seeks to define moral qualities-moral essences-with the goal of improving the soul of the respondent.

Ethics underlies epistemology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887063365
• ISBN13: 9780887063367
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"