{"product_id":"9781567928464","title":"The Socratic Method","description":"Author: Ward Farnsworth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781567928464\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: David R. Godine Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 264\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life's big questions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote a set of dialogues that depict Socrates in conversation. The way Socrates asks questions, and the reasons why, amount to a whole way of thinking. This is the Socratic method  one of humanity's great achievements. More than a technique, the method is an ethic of patience, inquiry, humility, and doubt. It is an aid to better thinking, and a remedy for bad habits of mind, whether in law, politics, the classroom, or tackling life's big questions at the kitchen table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on hundreds of quotations, this book explains what the Socratic method is and how to use it. Chapters include \u003ci\u003eSocratic Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIgnorance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTesting Principles\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSocrates and the Stoics\u003c\/i\u003e. Socratic philosophy is still startling after all these years because it is an approach to asking hard questions and chasing after them. It is a route to wisdom and a way of thinking about wisdom. With Farnsworth as your guide, the ideas of Socrates are easier to understand than ever and accessible to anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Farnsworth achieved with \u003ci\u003eThe Practicing Stoic\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eFarnsworth's Classical English\u003c\/i\u003e series, ideas of old are made new and vital again. This book is for those coming to philosophy the way Socrates did  as the everyday activity of making sense out of life and how to live it  and for anyone who wants to know what he said about doing that better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful book.'  Rebecca Goldstein, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato at the Googleplex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46680737579166,"sku":"ADS-9781567928464","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781567928464.jpg?v=1775544688","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781567928464","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}