Socrates is credited with saying the famous phrase "The unexamined life is not worth living" during his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was later given a death sentence.
Reductio ad absurdum is an argumentative strategy that aims to prove a point by drawing an absurd conclusion from its refutation, arguing that the thesis must be accepted since to reject it would be unjustifiable.
The phrase "philosophical methodology" can refer to either the techniques employed in philosophical inquiry or the area of metaphilosophy that focuses on these techniques. When utilized properly, a method is a means of doing things, such as a series of decisions or acts, in order to accomplish a specific objective.
The Socratic Method, which was created by the Greek philosopher Socrates, involves a conversation between the instructor and the students that is sparked by the teacher's persistent probing questions in an effort to uncover the underlying assumptions that inform the students' thoughts and opinions.
Socrates thought that the soul is eternal. He also asserted that life does not stop with death. The soul is simply being severed from the body. Socrates felt that philosophy is best achieved when one strives to separate the body from the soul as much as possible because the only time the soul can genuinely know anything is when it is by itself. The Forms are the object, not the sensuous, materialistic reality.
Socrates associates virtue with knowledge. Virtue can also be learnt, just like knowledge. Socrates claims that virtue can be learned. According to him, knowledge and wisdom should come before personal desires since "the unexamined life is not worth living."
Logic, which studies reasoning and argumentation, metaphysics, which studies reality and being, axiology, which examines value within aesthetics and ethics, and political philosophy, which examines governance, are the main branches of philosophy.
