The grading criteria is derived from the instructions linked to above.
Each criterion is assigned a value of 10% towards a total of 100% from the ten criteria.
| Initial question arising from ordinary situation or conversation (#2, p.346) | |
| Socrates as questioner, not as preacher (#4, p.346; #3, p.347) | |
| Socratic irony (##5-6, p.346) | |
| Spiritual therapy and missionary work (##7-9, p.346) | |
| Definition of question (##1-2, pp.346-7) | |
| Socratic strategy (#5, p.347) | |
| Dramatic interest, turning on a key point (##6-7, p.347) | |
| Conclusion, either by way of closure or intimations (#9, p.347) | |
| Historical fidelity (#10, p.347) | |
| Spiritual fidelity (#4, p.345) | |
| TOTAL (out of 100) | |
| GRADE and STUDENT NAME: |
Example of Socratic Dialogue format: Plato's Euthyphro
Example of a Socratic Dialogue: Plato's Meno
Example of a Socratic Dialogue: Plato's Crito
Example of a Socratic Dialogue: Plato's Alcibiades I
Example of a Socratic Dialogue: Plato's Republic, Book I
Example of a Socratic Dialogue: Sample Excerpt
Example of a Socratic Speech: Plato's Apology of Socrates
Example of a Socratic Dialogue: Taylor Swift
Example of *NOT* a Socratic Dialogue: Socratic Emergency
James C. Overholser, "Elements of the Socratic method: I. Systematic Questioning", Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training 30.1 (1993): 67-74.
James C. Overholser, "Elements of the Socratic method: II. Inductive Reasoning", Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training 30.1 (1993): 75-85.
James C. Overholser, "Elements of the Socratic method: III. Universal Definitions", Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training 31.2 (1994): 286-293.
James C. Overholser, "Elements of the Socratic method: IV. Disavowal of Knowledge", Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training 32.2 (1995): 283-292.
James C. Overholser, "Elements of the Socratic method: V. Self-Improvement", Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training 33.4 (1996): 549-559.
James C. Overholser, "Elements of the Socratic method: VI. Promoting Virtue in Everyday Life", Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training 36.2 (1999): 137-145.
Socrates on TrialTWU Library has copies of the Socratic dialogues by Plato and Xenophon: Plato B358 .H36 1963 Xenophon PA4495.A4 B765 1914 You can also read the Socratic dialogues written by Peter Kreeft. TWU Library has the following Socratic dialogue books by Kreeft: Socrates meets Kierkegaard: The father of philosophy meets the father of Christian existentialism B4377 .K73 2014 Between heaven and hell: A dialog somewhere beyond death with John F. Kennedy, C.S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley PS3561.R3817 B4 1982 PS3561.R3817 B4 2008 Socrates meets Jesus: History's great questioner confronts the claims of Christ BT1103 .K73 1987 BT1103 .K73 2002 The best things in life: A 20th century Socrates looks at power, pleasure, truth, and the good life BJ1661 .K68 1984 The unaborted Socrates: A dramatic debate on the issues surrounding abortion HQ767 .K73 1983
