Socratic Having to do with the philosopher Socrates or with his teaching method, in

which he systematically
questioned the student in conversation in order to draw forth truths.
� She challenges her students by using the Socratic method, requiring them to think
and respond constantly in every class.
Socrates lived and taught in Athens in the 5th century B.C., but left no writings
behind, so all we know of him comes through the works
of his disciple Plato, almost all of which claim to be accounts of Socrates'
conversations with others.