... consider himself a teacher of anything. Although he does tend to attract "students", he never accepts pay. Perhaps the biggest difference between the Sophists and Socrates is in their attitudes towards argument, debate, and conversation: The Sophists think of argumentation as a battle, the goal of which is to "defeat ... of his own defending the belief that escaping from prison would be wrong. Unlike Crito, who highly regards the opinions of the majority, Socrates believes that one should value the opinions of only a select few, who have knowledge of the subject that is being debated. He ...

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... authentic questions. Philosophy also answers questions through a method called dialectic. Dialectic may be thought of as the art of disciplined conversation. The use of this method can be traced to Socrates. Dialectal reasoning is simple and may be practiced by anyone and like most skills it has to be perfected through practice. Three things are noteworthy about the Platonic/ Socratic treatment ... ". Obstacles to the method The aim was to demonstrate the need for justifying ones assertion through sustained argument. Any claim that is put forward without evidence is a mere assertion. As ...

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... authentic questions. Philosophy also answers questions through a method called dialectic. Dialectic may be thought of as the art of disciplined conversation. The use of this method can be traced to Socrates. Dialectal reasoning is simple and may be practiced by anyone and like most skills it has to be perfected through practice. Three things are noteworthy about the Platonic/ Socratic treatment ... ". Obstacles to the method The aim was to demonstrate the need for justifying ones assertion through sustained argument. Any claim that is put forward without evidence is a mere assertion. As ...

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