The Socratic method The Socratic Philosophy is basically a quest for the virtuous life; the main pillar of the Socratic thought is a virtuous life. Although, to his death, he did not offer any definition of a virtuous life--his life itself is the answer. The Socratic method consists of the question and answer mode of inquiry. It draws from the existence of the person. It does not impose certain assumptions of the interlocutors. It releases …showed first 75 words of 470 total…

…showed last 75 words of 470 total…In this way it is more like moral formation. Our parents may be courageous and just, but we cannot take up where they left off; rather we must go through the whole experience of acquiring virtue as they did. No short cuts. We ourselves must do it from the bottom up. It is as basic and unchanging as human nature. There may be short cuts to "know how" and technical skills, but not to wisdom.