Socrates’ Dialectic Method
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Aim is achieve what he called the good life – how can this be achieved? By proper care of one’s
soul (psyche in Greek)
Nature of the soul’s activity – to know
The soul can be properly taken care of if we employ it in the activity of having a clear awareness
of the meaning of some words
How we can achieve a clear understanding of words? By engaging with an act of “disciplined
conversation”