Socratic philosophy
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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
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
See also Daimonion of S. Socratic philosophy, 64, 87, 149.
From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg
The Socratic philosophy, as expounded by Plato, survived the wrecks of material greatness.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by Lord, John
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
