Socratic irony
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Or maybe it was a different problem: In classic Socratic irony, there has to be somebody who doesn’t get the joke, and I had a sneaking suspicion it might be me.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2017
The statements of the Memorabilia respecting the trial and death of Socrates agree generally with Plato; but they have lost the flavour of Socratic irony in the narrative of Xenophon.
From Apology by Jowett, Benjamin
Carlyle's grotesque is a mode of his golden silence, a sort of Socratic irony, in the indulgence of which he laughs at his readers and at himself.
From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John
In this passage we can see, too, the supposed origin of another peculiar Socratic feature, the Socratic "irony."
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
Many of these, with a sort of Socratic irony, gave themselves ludicrous names, or names expressive of ignorance.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
