Aim and Method: Socratic Dialectic
This essay will discuss the nature of Socrates inquiries in to the way humans ought to live. This paper will begin by looking at Socrates' understanding of the good life and the importance of self knowledge. It will then look at the theory of learning that the Socratic dialectic fosters, along with Socrates' theory of the natural goodness of human nature. Using Plato's story of Euthyphro , it will show the practical nature of Socrates task of making people think for themselves and understand their own fallibility through the destructive process of the Soc…
