Works
- Meno, c. 385 BCE
- Republic, c. 375 BCE
In Thinking Tools
Known for
The Athenian philosopher whose dialogues are the main record of Socrates' method of questioning: asking a person to define a term, then drawing out the consequences of their answer until its contradictions show.
Caveat: The dialogues give Plato's portrayal of Socrates, not a transcript of the historical man.