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
The weak point, to my mind, in the Socratic philosophy, considered in its ethical bearings, was the confounding of virtue with knowledge, and making them identical.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by Lord, John
The Socratic philosophy is in many ways a continuation of sophistic.
From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg
Socrates was put to death, but the Socratic philosophy rose like the sun in the heavens.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
Similarly the Socratic philosophy affords a noble and genuine account of what goods may be realised by living.
From The Life of Reason by Santayana, George