Socratic philosophy
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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
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)
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
In Socratic philosophy the Dialectic Method occupies a lofty position.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
The Socratic philosophy had suffered from the Socratic manner of life.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)