Augustine’s Socratic method
Augustine’s Socratic method
Author(s): Adam DrozdekSubject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosphy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: Augustine; Socrates; Plato; Plotinus; ontology;epistemology;
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses a seldom investigated problem of Socrates’s influence on Augustine’s intellectual development. It is shown that Augustine started with an intense use of the Socratic method utilizing its elenctic and maieutic questioning to expose the truth hidden in the soul. Also, just as the Socratic method led to ontological developments in Plato and Plotinus, it led Augustine to the development of his Christian ontology.
Journal: Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Issue Year: 52/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 5-26
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English