'''Socratic''' [[dialogue]] (Greek Σωκρατικός λόγος or Σωκρατικός διάλογος) is a [[genre]] of prose literary works developed in [[Greece]] at the turn of the fourth century BCE, preserved today in the dialogues of [[Plato]] and the Socratic works of [[Xenophon]] - either dramatic or narrative - in which characters discuss [[moral]] and [[philosophical]] problems, illustrating the [[Socratic]] method. [[Socrates]] is often the main character. | '''Socratic''' [[dialogue]] (Greek Σωκρατικός λόγος or Σωκρατικός διάλογος) is a [[genre]] of prose literary works developed in [[Greece]] at the turn of the fourth century BCE, preserved today in the dialogues of [[Plato]] and the Socratic works of [[Xenophon]] - either dramatic or narrative - in which characters discuss [[moral]] and [[philosophical]] problems, illustrating the [[Socratic]] method. [[Socrates]] is often the main character. |