Refute Thyself: The Socratic Method in Plato’s Republic Book 4

The European Legacy 25 (6):653-670 (2020)
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In this article I discuss Plato’s use of method in the Republic in light of the Socratic method. I show that in Book 4 this method is a key moment in the conversion from a political way of life (wh...

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10.1080/10848770.2020.1735848

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