I have been enjoying your posts Jacob and recognize my need to dive more deeply into the great books. For those of us who are not teachers, and yet recognize the value of Socratic teaching, is there a resource you can direct us to for learning more about the types of questions we could be using?
Beyond that I would definitely encourage you to read Plato and observe Socrates himself. The link below will take you to an introduction to The Last Days of Socrates and at the bottom there is a PDF of one of his dialogs (Euthyphro) and also links to questions I have asked about that reading. Between watching the master questioner (Socrates) at work and then seeing the kinds of questions I have asked about the text you will hopefully have some good models to work with. Blessings to you!
Excellent! I love the explanations you have given. They bring clarity to the terms that have been tossed around so easily. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement!
I have been enjoying your posts Jacob and recognize my need to dive more deeply into the great books. For those of us who are not teachers, and yet recognize the value of Socratic teaching, is there a resource you can direct us to for learning more about the types of questions we could be using?
Hi,
Here are a few articles I’ve written that you might find helpful.
https://stgb.substack.com/p/text-journaling
https://stgb.substack.com/p/on-the-marking-of-books
https://stgb.substack.com/p/commonplace-journals
Beyond that I would definitely encourage you to read Plato and observe Socrates himself. The link below will take you to an introduction to The Last Days of Socrates and at the bottom there is a PDF of one of his dialogs (Euthyphro) and also links to questions I have asked about that reading. Between watching the master questioner (Socrates) at work and then seeing the kinds of questions I have asked about the text you will hopefully have some good models to work with. Blessings to you!
https://stgb.substack.com/p/the-last-days-of-socrates