'Socratic' definitions:
Definition of 'Socratic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching; "Socratic teaching"
Definition of 'Socratic'
From: GCIDE
- Socratic \So*crat"ic\, Socratical \So*crat"ic*al\, a. [L. Socraticus, Gr. ????.] Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The Socratic method of reasoning and instruction was by a series of questions leading the one to whom they were addressed to perceive and admit what was true or false in doctrine, or right or wrong in conduct. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Socratic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Augustinian,
- Averroist,
- Berkeleian,
- Cartesian,
- Hegelian,
- Heideggerian,
- Heraclitean,
- Humean,
- Husserlian,
- Kantian,
- Leibnizian,
- Neo-Hegelian,
- Neo-Pythagorean,
- Neoplatonic,
- Parmenidean,
- Peripatetic,
- Platonic,
- pre-Socratic,
- Pyrrhonic,
- Pythagorean,
- Sartrian,
- Schellingian,
- Schopenhauerian,
- Scotist,
- Spencerian,
- Thomist,
- Thomistic,
- Viconian,
- Wittgensteinian