The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method.
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Socratic
Synonyms for "socratic" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Σωκρατικός adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
- Σωκρατικός noun (follower of Socrates)
Catalan
1 entries- socràtic adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
Czech
1 entries- sokratovský adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
Danish
1 entries- sokratisk adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
French
1 entries- socratique adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
Georgian
1 entries- სოკრატული adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
German
2 entries- sokratisch adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
- Sokratiker noun (follower of Socrates)
Italian
1 entries- socratico adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sokratisk adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
Old Armenian
1 entries- սոկրատիկոս noun (follower of Socrates)
Polish
2 entries- sokratejski adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
- sokratyczny adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
Portuguese
2 entries- socrático adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
- socrático noun (follower of Socrates)
Russian
2 entries- сократи́ческий adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
- сокра́тик noun (follower of Socrates)
Spanish
1 entries- socrático adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
Swedish
1 entries- sokratisk adj (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
His closest companions were handsome young boys who worshipped him and his game, whom Bill sought to remake in his own image. He had no family, no real heirs, and so his boys were his spiritual sons as well as his heirs in tennis. They were his lovers as well. Theirs was a relationship of a Socratic sort, a pedagogical eroticism between an adolescent protege which ingaged them in a mutual project of spiritual and physical development.
Source: wiktionary
a Socratic question
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