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The Socratic Method
A Practitioner's Handbook
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A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life's big questions. "A wonderful book."-Rebecca Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex.
About 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote a set of dialogues that depict Socrates in conversation. The way Socrates asks questions, and the reasons why, amount to a whole way of thinking. This is the Socratic method—one of humanity's great achievements. More than a technique, the method is an ethic of patience, inquiry, humility, and doubt. It is an aid to better thinking, and a remedy for bad habits of mind, whether in law, politics, the classroom, or tackling life's big questions at the kitchen table.
Drawing on hundreds of quotations, this book explains what the Socratic method is and how to use it. Chapters include Socratic Ethics, Ignorance, Testing Principles, and Socrates and the Stoics. Socratic philosophy is still startling after all these years because it is an approach to asking hard questions and chasing after them. It is a route to wisdom and a way of thinking about wisdom. With Farnsworth as your guide, the ideas of Socrates are easier to understand than ever and accessible to anyone.
As Farnsworth achieved with The Practicing Stoic and the Farnsworth's Classical English series, ideas of old are made new and vital again. This book is for those coming to philosophy the way Socrates did—as the everyday activity of making sense out of life and how to live it—and for anyone who wants to know what he said about doing that better.
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The Socratic Method by Ward Farnsworth has been praised for its insightful exploration of the Socratic method's relevance to contemporary discourse. Reviewers highlight its potential to challenge fanatical thinking and promote intellectual humility. The book is described as elegant and erudite, effectively clarifying the Socratic method as an essential tool for rigorous questioning and honest debate, making it valuable for both scholars and general readers interested in enhancing their critical thinking skills.
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ISBN: 9781567926859
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 18 November 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 157.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 250g
About the Author
Ward Farnsworth is Professor and W. Page Keeton Chair at the University of Texas School of Law. He is author of The Socratic Method, The Practicing Stoic, and the Farnsworth Classical English series which includes Argument, Rhetoric, Metaphor, and Style-all published by Godine.
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