It is no mere chance that the accounts we have of Socrates are in dialogue form. One reason that can explain this is that he sought out thinking partners to think with like a dance, creating beautiful ideas still read today. The dialogue allows proposals and critiques, questions to deepen and to problematize, exchanges of perspectives and new ideas, exploration and provocation. Composing ideas happens through language, so it makes sense that something innate in human instinct is to share ideas. And in sharing ideas, Socrates and his interlocutor were able to enrich their ideas and their own thinking abilities.
Thinking Partners
Thinking Partners
Thinking Partners
It is no mere chance that the accounts we have of Socrates are in dialogue form. One reason that can explain this is that he sought out thinking partners to think with like a dance, creating beautiful ideas still read today. The dialogue allows proposals and critiques, questions to deepen and to problematize, exchanges of perspectives and new ideas, exploration and provocation. Composing ideas happens through language, so it makes sense that something innate in human instinct is to share ideas. And in sharing ideas, Socrates and his interlocutor were able to enrich their ideas and their own thinking abilities.