Socratic philosophy
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We designated Socratic philosophy, in its relation to popular belief, as a reaction against the radical free-thought of the sophistic movement.
From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg
It is in Plato and Aristotle that the true development of the Socratic philosophy is to be sought, and in Plato chiefly, as the disciple and friend of Socrates.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
In Socratic philosophy the Dialectic Method occupies a lofty position.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
The gist of this definition of matter was to clear the decks for scientific calculation, by removing from nature the moral density and moral magic with which the Socratic philosophy had encumbered it.
From Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays by Santayana, George
See also Daimonion of S. Socratic philosophy, 64, 87, 149.
From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg
