What Would Socrates Say? An Introduction to Philosophy by the Socratic Method
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What Would Socrates Say? An Introduction to Philosophy by the Socratic Method

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‘Aristotle argued that philosophy was inevitable, because even to ask whether philosophy was inevitable was to engage in philosophy. Now comes Professor Kreeft showing how all the big questions in philosophy arise inevitably – and some big answers too.  This delightful book will help not simply students but also teachers rediscover the intellectual curiosity they had as a child.’  Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic University of America

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The greatest teacher of philosophy in all of history was Socrates, according to philosopher Peter Kreeft. In 2,400 years, no one has topped him or his Socratic method, teaching not by monologue, but by dialogue; not by lecturing, but by logical questioning. Yet of the hundreds of textbooks for beginning philosophers today, none uses his method.

Kreeft has imagined Socrates University: a log, with Socrates at one end and a typical intelligent modern student beginner at the other, conversing about the problems at the heart of each major division of philosophy.

Nothing teaches more effectively than concrete examples and apprenticeship. Like the real Socrates, this fictionalized version by Kreeft is grounded in common sense and common-sense logic, fair and open-minded on all issues but demanding good reasons for every opinion.

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Author: Peter Kreeft

Publication Date: 2024

ISBN: 978 1 62164 720 1

Pages: 352

Format: hardback

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Weight 0.61 kg
Dimensions 22.86 × 2.54 × 15.24 cm

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