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Socratic irony (n.) had ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to speak at death; had Socrates stayed mute, it would seem not a cosmic force but a life-belt holding him up pathetically at the decisive moment.