Socratic philosophy
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Socrates was put to death, but the Socratic philosophy rose like the sun in heaven, and spread its illumination over the whole intellectual firmament.
From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart
His work represents one great aspect of Socratic philosophy, and should be compared with the Cyrenaic and Megarian doctrines.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
The weak point, to my mind, in the Socratic philosophy, considered in its ethical bearings, was the confounding of virtue with knowledge, and making them identical.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by Lord, John
The gist of this definition of matter was to clear the decks for scientific calculation, by removing from nature the moral density and moral magic with which the Socratic philosophy had encumbered it.
From Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays by Santayana, George
This reactionary tendency in Socratic philosophy appears nowhere more plainly than in the field of religion.
From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg
