[ adj ] of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching <adj.pert> Socratic teaching
Socratic \So*crat"ic\, Socratical \So*crat"ic*al\, a. [L. Socraticus, Gr. ????.] Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.
Note: The Socratic method of reasoning and instruction was by a series of questions leading the one to whom they were addressed to perceive and admit what was true or false in doctrine, or right or wrong in conduct.
He wrote numerous articles and four books on philosophy and ancient Greek thought, and used the Socratic method of questioning and logic in his freshman classes.