Socraticadj.n.

/səʊˈkratɪk/

Forms: Also 1600s -ick.

Etymology: < Latin Sōcraticus, < Greek Σωκρατικός, < Σωκράτης Socrates. So French Socratique.

A. adj.

Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, Socrates the Athenian philosopher, or his philosophy, methods, character, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [adjective] > of or relating to Socrates or to Socratic philosophy

Socratical1581

Socratica1637

Socratean1930

a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 442 in Wks. (1640) III Thy matter first to know, Which the Socratick writing best can show.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 118 Simon..is reported the first that used the Socratick discourses.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. ix. 139 By Questions aptly proposed in the Socratic Method.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. x. 168 But there are three Sorts of Disputation,..which are distinguished by these three Names, viz, Socratick, Forensick and Academic.

1778 Burnaby in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 103 As philosophical and Socratic as ever.

1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 83 Plato's fame does not stand on a syllogism, or on any masterpieces of the Socratic reasoning.

1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece x. 294 A marked feature in the Socratic society.

B. n.

A follower of Socrates.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of Socrates > adherent of

Socratist1554

Socratic1678

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 408 To Plato we might here joyn Xenophon, because he was his Equal, and a Socratick too.

1875 W. S. Jevons Money 197 Aeschines the Socratic.

1886 Athenæum 21 Aug. 230/2 The practical agreement of Plato and Aristotle, the two Socratics, on the main problems of ethics.

Draft additions September 2013

Socratic irony n. [compare post-classical Latin ironia Socratica (1518 or earlier)] feigned ignorance and disingenuousness of the kind employed by Socrates during philosophical discussions; cf. irony n. 2.

ΚΠ

1721 J. Toland in Earl of Shaftesbury Lett. to R. Molesworth p. viii Of his innate disposition to Socratic Irony and innocent Raillery, you have many instances in his Writings.

1838 Q. Rev. Apr. 470 He [sc. Socrates] involved them in some self-contradictions, and drew on them the laughter of the bystanders. This was the well-known Socratic irony.

1892 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 13 350 Very admirable, too, are Professor Jowett's reproductions of the lofty strain of Socratic irony in the Gorgias.

1943 M. Millar Wall of Eyes xv. 200 I'm an ironist myself: Socratic irony I suppose you'd call it—but when I say I know nothing it's often true.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 June 10/2 By the formal means of sceptical dialogue Dryden hoped to integrate ancient Socratic irony with modern polite conversation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	socratic
释义	Socraticadj.n. /səʊˈkratɪk/ Forms: Also 1600s -ick. Etymology: < Latin Sōcraticus, < Greek Σωκρατικός, < Σωκράτης Socrates. So French Socratique. A. adj. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, Socrates the Athenian philosopher, or his philosophy, methods, character, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [adjective] > of or relating to Socrates or to Socratic philosophy Socratical1581 Socratica1637 Socratean1930 a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 442 in Wks. (1640) III Thy matter first to know, Which the Socratick writing best can show. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 118 Simon..is reported the first that used the Socratick discourses. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. ix. 139 By Questions aptly proposed in the Socratic Method. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. x. 168 But there are three Sorts of Disputation,..which are distinguished by these three Names, viz, Socratick, Forensick and Academic. 1778 Burnaby in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 103 As philosophical and Socratic as ever. 1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 83 Plato's fame does not stand on a syllogism, or on any masterpieces of the Socratic reasoning. 1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece x. 294 A marked feature in the Socratic society. B. n. A follower of Socrates. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of Socrates > adherent of Socratist1554 Socratic1678 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 408 To Plato we might here joyn Xenophon, because he was his Equal, and a Socratick too. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money 197 Aeschines the Socratic. 1886 Athenæum 21 Aug. 230/2 The practical agreement of Plato and Aristotle, the two Socratics, on the main problems of ethics. Draft additions September 2013 Socratic irony n. [compare post-classical Latin ironia Socratica (1518 or earlier)] feigned ignorance and disingenuousness of the kind employed by Socrates during philosophical discussions; cf. irony n. 2. ΚΠ 1721 J. Toland in Earl of Shaftesbury Lett. to R. Molesworth p. viii Of his innate disposition to Socratic Irony and innocent Raillery, you have many instances in his Writings. 1838 Q. Rev. Apr. 470 He [sc. Socrates] involved them in some self-contradictions, and drew on them the laughter of the bystanders. This was the well-known Socratic irony. 1892 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 13 350 Very admirable, too, are Professor Jowett's reproductions of the lofty strain of Socratic irony in the Gorgias. 1943 M. Millar Wall of Eyes xv. 200 I'm an ironist myself: Socratic irony I suppose you'd call it—but when I say I know nothing it's often true. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 June 10/2 By the formal means of sceptical dialogue Dryden hoped to integrate ancient Socratic irony with modern polite conversation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1637
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