socratic method, n.Definitions

The Socratic method (n.) delivered ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Socrates' partners of windeggs, their unfounded beliefs — and none of them was ever delivered of a child that was not one.

Socratic method (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Socrates' midwifery of thought, and analysis is a refined form of it, a technique not afraid to tread the darkest paths of neurotic fantasy.

The Socratic method (n.) needs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only one witness — the person you are talking to; Socrates wanted no vote but his interlocutor's.