Socrates believed this to be the starting point of thinking–to wonder about your object of thought. To wonder is to be astonished, to entertain some doubt and to get curious.

In her new book, novelist and philosopher, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, drops Plato into modern situations and imagines what he'd think of this century's existential dilemmas.

399 BC - The Trial of Socrates . ... The second charge of corrupting the city's youth raised a dilemma. Should Socrates be held responsible for the actions of his pupils, ...

This dilemma - called the "Euthyphro dilemma" after Plato's great dialogue - is often taken to be a devastating objection to the Ponnuru view that morality is grounded in God's commands.

In Plato's writings, ... As a solution to this dilemma, Plato postulated that non-physical, yet substantial, forms (or ideas) are the most accurate representation of reality.

Philosophy Why Socrates' Methods Are So Important Engaging in dialogue can help make our ideas clear. Posted August 8, 2019 ...